WestRep Stage Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Feb 20, 2026 - Mar 1, 2026
WestRep Stage Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Feb 20, 2026 - Mar 1, 2026
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About the Show

A musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s beloved film of the same name, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is the brainchild of the talented team behind Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Set in 1980s Madrid, Women on the Verge is a story about women and the men who pursue them… finding them, losing them, needing them and rejecting them.

Cast & Creatives

Additional Creatives & Support

Production Stage Manager Summer Wilmot

Assistant Stage Manager Cole Bartmon, Eric Chestna

Production Manager Oliver Wason

Technical Director Thomas Swetz

Assistant Director Nico Maysonet

Assistant Choreographer Savannah Wright

Production Assistant Bella Romero

Props Coordinator Colleen Callahan

Props Manager Mikayla Lebron

Props Asst. Kiera Javaruski, Raegan Smedley

Scenic Charge Wyatt Ruggiero

Asst. Scenic Charge Makayla Jones

Costume Shop Manager Hilary Oak

Asst. Costume Designer Ella Sigurdsson

Wardrobe Head Brianna Twerdy

Wardrobe Crew Ryan DeLeo, Laylani Vega, Roddy Jimenez, Trinity Norfleet

Asst. Lighting Design James King

Production Audio Arielle Edwards Bennett

A1 George LaChance

A2 Ariel Cotton, Mason Maiocco

Co-Master Carpenters Lindsay Hayes, Riley Quinn Caruso

Asst. Master Carpenters Haley Hardenburg, David Lowe

Run Crew Gianna Occhiogrossi, Kaley Melilo, Megan Bendert, Adam Rochester, Stevie Bennett, Elise Petro,

Lina Harrison, Guiliana Sullivan, Taylor Drazek, Jamielynn Korotki, Jason Steinis

Lighting Coordinator Kori Hansen

Master Electrician Lucas Peck

Follow Spot Maggie Ryan, Aiden Bourget

Dramaturgs Sedona Taylor, Michael Primorac

Videographer Kevin Geraghty

Marketing Publicity Eric Gomez

Producing Artistic Director Justin P. Cowan

The CREATIVES

Book Jeffrey Lane

Music and Lyrics David Yazbek

Director Justin P. Cowan

Choreographer MK Lawson

Musical Director Donna Rendely Peeler

Scenic Design Clifton Chadick

Lighting Design Oliver Wason

Costume Design Robin McGee

Video Design Hudson Schlumberger, Justin P. Cowan

Sound Design Robert Volpintesta

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

Join us immediately following the matinee performance on Saturday, February 28 for our Community Conversation with the director, cast, crew, and special guests Galina Bakhtiarova and Peter Filichia. The conversation will be hosted by faculty dramaturg Dr. Donald P. Gagnon and moderated by student dramaturgs Sedona Taylor and Michael Primorac. Admission to the Community Conversation is included with your ticket purchase to this performance.

Professor Galina Bakhtiarova holds her Bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish and Master’s in translation from Moscow Linguistic University, and Master’s and Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.  At WestConn, she teaches classes in Spanish language, literature and culture and leads a study program to Spain each summer. Her dissertation and unpublished manuscript explore the complex relationship between Spanish, Catalan and Caribbean culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through music, literature, and cinema.

As a theater reviewer, Peter Filichia was on staff of The Star-Ledger for 19 years, a columnist for TheaterWeek for nine, Playbill for three and Theatermania for eight. He’s written 11 books on theater, ranging from Let’s Put on a Musical to the upcoming Musical Makeovers: Suggestions for Broadway’s Flops – and Hits. His produced plays include God Shows Up; Larry, the Big-Time Broadway Producer and his one-person show A Personal History of the American Theater, in which he tells stories that deal with some of the 13,000 productions he’s seen. Filichia was a four-term president of the Drama Desk Awards and now serves on its current nominating committee as well for The Theatre World Awards, whose annual ceremony he writes and emcees. He’s been a National Endowment for the Arts assessor and critic-in-residence for The University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He is currently the musical theater awards judge for ASCAP and a Broadway Radio commentator.

 

 

Running Time

This production runs approximately 150 minutes.

Content Advisory

WestRep does not typically offer advisories about subject matter; however, we acknowledge that sensitivities vary from person to person, so If you would like to read the content advisory for the show, click the “Details” arrow below.

This production is a musical comedy that contains suggestive situations, brief violence, mentions of suicide, and some profanity.

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

Join us immediately following the matinee performance on Saturday, February 28 for our Community Conversation with the director, cast, crew, and special guests Galina Bakhtiarova and Peter Filichia. The conversation will be hosted by faculty dramaturg Dr. Donald P. Gagnon and moderated by student dramaturgs Sedona Taylor and Michael Primorac. Admission to the Community Conversation is included with your ticket purchase to this performance.

Professor Galina Bakhtiarova holds her Bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish and Master’s in translation from Moscow Linguistic University, and Master’s and Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.  At WestConn, she teaches classes in Spanish language, literature and culture and leads a study program to Spain each summer. Her dissertation and unpublished manuscript explore the complex relationship between Spanish, Catalan and Caribbean culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through music, literature, and cinema.

As a theater reviewer, Peter Filichia was on staff of The Star-Ledger for 19 years, a columnist for TheaterWeek for nine, Playbill for three and Theatermania for eight. He’s written 11 books on theater, ranging from Let’s Put on a Musical to the upcoming Musical Makeovers: Suggestions for Broadway’s Flops – and Hits. His produced plays include God Shows Up; Larry, the Big-Time Broadway Producer and his one-person show A Personal History of the American Theater, in which he tells stories that deal with some of the 13,000 productions he’s seen. Filichia was a four-term president of the Drama Desk Awards and now serves on its current nominating committee as well for The Theatre World Awards, whose annual ceremony he writes and emcees. He’s been a National Endowment for the Arts assessor and critic-in-residence for The University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He is currently the musical theater awards judge for ASCAP and a Broadway Radio commentator.

 

 

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Running Time

This production runs approximately 150 minutes.

Content Advisory

WestRep does not typically offer advisories about subject matter; however, we acknowledge that sensitivities vary from person to person, so If you would like to read the content advisory for the show, click the “Details” arrow below.

This production is a musical comedy that contains suggestive situations, brief violence, mentions of suicide, and some profanity.