“Say Goodnight, Gracie,” opens May 18, followed by “The Azure Sky in Oz” on May 19.

“Say Goodnight, Gracie,” opens May 18, followed by “The Azure Sky in Oz” on May 19.
The production straddles a line between comedy and drama. “The director and I went back and forth on how to market it,” Jamieson Ridenhour says. “Most of the play is like a comedy and there’s a lot of funny dialogue. But it is quite dark. I tend to be a horror writer, but this is not a horror play.”