Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Written by	Alan Ball
Characters	Meredith Georgeanne Trisha Frances Mindy Tripp

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is a play written in 1993 by Alan Ball.

Plot

The play is a comedy set at the home of the bride in Knoxville, Tennessee during the newly married couple's overdone wedding reception. The five bridesmaids have found refuge in the room of Meredith, the sister of the bride. The women come to realize, among other things, that they, despite their differences, have more in common with each other than any of them do with the bride.

Characters

• Meredith Marlow: The bride's nosy, pot-smoking sister who is very sarcastic and much annoyed with the whole fiasco downstairs. Sporting an outwardly tough attitude, she has a lot of hurt and insecurity to hide.

• Georgeanne Darby: Tracy's "ugly sidekick" in middle school. Accepted the invite to be a bridesmaid even though her relationship with Tracy is strained because Tracy's boyfriend once knocked Georgeanne up.

• Trisha: One of Tracy's former friends with a supposed bad reputation. She's been with a lot of guys, but not any that measure up.

• Frances: The very naive and religious cousin of the bride.

• Mindy McClure: The groom's clumsy, outspoken lesbian sister.

• Tripp Davenport (Griffen Lyle Davenport the third): An usher who falls for Trisha. The only male in the show.

• Tommy Valentine: Is not seen in the play. However he is Tracy's former fiance and has hit on or slept with all of her bridesmaids and many other unsuspecting women. He leaves the wedding reception with a woman in a backless dress.

• Tracy Marlow McClure: The bride, who is never seen in the play.

External links

• BareBones Theatre's production of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
• Muse Theatre Company, Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney, Australia directed by Christopher Houghton
• InterAct Ensemble production at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London