String
by Jessica Lind Peterson
Directed by Sean Byrd
Sept 15 - Oct 15, 2017
To kick off Season Ten we are thrilled to bring back the play that started it all! Written by co-founder Jessica Lind Peterson, this hilarious romantic comedy chronicles the unlikely courtship between a poet and a pizza delivery boy. Raina is determined to find that great love one only reads about in sonnets. Unknowingly, it arrives on her doorstep one day in the form of a scruffy pizza delivery guy who flunked high school English. Will she open her eyes to see the true poet, the one who is captivated by the ordinary, the one whose love for her is comparable only to his passion for organic lawn fertilizer? Don't miss out on this heart-warming love story starring Yellow Tree founders Jason Peterson and Jessica Lind Peterson and featuring original music and a live performance by singer/songwriter Blake Thomas!
Cast: Jessica Lind Peterson, Jason Peterson, Jessie Rae Rayle, Andy Frye*, Ryan Lear & Blake Thomas
*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Sean Byrd | Director
Mark Teitz | Stage Manager
Katie Phillips | Scenic Designer
Courtney Schmitz | Lighting Designer
Abbee Warmboe | Props Designer
Sarah Bahr | Costume Designer
Peter Marrow | Sound Designer
Alex Olsen | Master Carpenter
Phillip Tech | Projection Designer
“Husband-and-wife chemistry makes ‘String’ a winner”...”As hilarious as it is heartwarming”...”String is a cleverly crafted piece of work, full of poetry, wisdom and laughter, but it’s the electric chemistry and comic zing the two Petersons bring to the roles of Raina and Ryan that really make this Yellow Tree production sing.””
— MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
“Fall in love with String!”
— MINNESOTA MONTHLY
“Charming, funny, quirky, sweet...very clever and funny!”
— CHERRY & SPOON
