Regency Girls (formerly "Female Troubles")

Is there any buzz on the show Regency Girls, formerly called Female Troubles. It was initially scheduled for the Goodman Theatre in Chicago until it was bumped by Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It is not premiering this April at the Old Globe. Would love to know who did the workshop.  I am also assuming this is probably a yet-to-be-announced co-production with another regional (Asolo Rep?). 







 

Regency Girls

An original musical comedy from the Emmy Award-winning writers of Veep and Seinfeld and the Tony and Grammy Award nominated lyricist for Mr. Saturday Night.

Elinor Benton finds herself surprisingly and undeniably knocked up—and, since she’s unmarried and this is 19th century England, she has a very big problem. Facing devastating ruin, Elinor and her girlfriends set off on a raucous carriage trip to London seeking the services of Madame Restell, an infamous midwife who advertises cures for women with “female troubles.” Through the lens of the past, this original musical comedy comments on the present, asking the trenchant question, “Can You Believe This Sh*t’s Still Happening in 1810?”

Commercial producers are 100% attached to it. It is being developed by Robyn Goodman and her producing company, Aged in Wood. I saw the partially staged workshop production in October and think the show is incredibly smart, wildly sharp and funny, and the timing, given the subject matter, could not be better. 

Josh Rhodes is now at the helm. I know Kritzer was involved for a reading recently, with Ryann Redmond, Kate Rockwell, and Isabelle McCalla. Unsure who's continuing on for the CA production