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Press Contacts for Ride:
Rick Miramontez / Marie Bshara
rick@omdkc.com / marie@omdkc.com
212 695 7400

Press Contacts for The Old Globe:
Dave Henson / Stephanie Ochoa
dhenson@TheOldGlobe.org / sochoa@TheOldGlobe.org 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

RIDE
A NEW MUSICAL
TO HAVE AMERICAN PREMIERE AT
THE OLD GLOBE THEATRE
IN SAN DIEGO
AFTER SMASH-HIT LONDON DEBUT

WITH BOOK AND LYRICS BY FREYA CATRIN SMITH
AND MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JACK WILLIAMS

New York, NY (September 8, 2023) – Producers DEM Productions and Wagner Johnson Productions announced today that Ride, new musical about the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world will have its American premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego as part of their 2024 season. The smash-hit London musical features book, music and lyrics by Freya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams (London’s Network Theatre’s The Limit, Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Part A) , and is directed by Sarah Meadows (UK Premiere of Marie Curie, UK Tour of The Good Enough Mums Club). 

Ride begins performances on March 30 ahead of an opening on Friday, April 5 for 27 performances only.

Ready, set, ride! The smash-hit London musical makes its U.S. premiere. It’s 1895, and Annie Londonderry wants to discover if a woman can ride a bicycle around the world. The problem? She’s only ridden one twice! As Annie and her unwitting secretary Martha share unbelievable adventures across four continents, they learn that no matter how far we ride, our past is always right behind us. With a high-energy score and a wildly versatile cast, this fresh and funny show is what Theatre Weekly called “an amazing piece of theatre and a must-watch for everyone.”

Listen to the cast recording HERE.
Photos of Ride can be found HERE.
Follow @Ride_Musical on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok
Bios can be found at www.TheOldGlobe.org/Press-Room.

ABOUT THE OLD GLOBE

The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional nonprofit regional theatres. Now in its 89th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!—have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.

PRAISE FOR ‘RIDE’

from

These Theatre Thoughts
London Theatre1
The Reviews Hub
West End Best Friend
Mickey Jo Theatre
All That Dazzles
Theatre & Tonic
Ellie Talks Theatre
The Spy in the Stalls
Lost in Theatreland
Musical Theatre Musings
Everything Theatre
Theatre Weekly
Box Office Radio
London Theatre Reviews
The Recs
Musical Theatre Review
East Midlands Theatre
Longstaff Reviews
West End Evenings
Cheeky Little Matinee
Aline Waites Reviews
Mozart to Musicals
Musical Manda

from
What’s On Stage
The Spectator
Daily Mirror
The Stage
Daily Express
London Theatre1
Arts Desk
London Box Office
Watch That Scene
Broadway Baby
Curtain Call
Box Office Radio
Theatre Weekly
Why Now
ReWrite This Story
Broadway World UK
Pocket Sized Theatre
Musical Theatre Review

 “A bracingly original, exquisitely crafted and delightful piece.
This is a lovely, life-enhancing chamber musical, in a sublime pitch-perfect production by Sarah Meadows”
What’s On Stage

“A true original masterpiece.”
West End Best Friend

“a new musical that ticks literally all of the boxes”
Musical Theatre Musings

“Magically profound and stunningly creative”
Spy In The Stalls

“This is an amazing piece of theatre and a must-watch for everyone…
this musical promises both tears, laughter and an important history lesson”
Theatre Weekly

“A perfect and unparalleled rollercoaster of a journey”
Everything Theatre

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