DEREK RiTSCHEL

Current Play

The Perfect Pitch - Comedy
Denton and Lynnie are a married couple working in the advertising world trying to balance their personal and professional lives. Will their marriage and careers survive their quirks, co-workers and attempts to out-do each other, or will their struggle for success cause irreparable damage to their marriage and friendships? 3M, 2F

Reviews

"The Perfect Pitch, the first fantastically funny play by veteran actor Derek Ritschel."

"Bravo Derek Ritschel as The Perfect Pitch is a perfect evening of laughter, love and life"

-George Teixeira Araujo (Simcoe Reformer)

"Playwright Ritschel has offered his audience a script they can get lost in for a few moments absorbing the seriousness of a situation, and suddenly find the comic relief that guarantees an evening of fun entertainment"

-Lyn Tremblay (Port Dover Maple Leaf)

 For samples click here... Scene One - Scene Two

  
From left to right: Norm Foster, Nora Sheehan, David Rosser, Sam Owen and Anita La Selva.

Upcoming Plays

House of Cards - Comedy

Best friends Penny and Sadie have convinced their husbands to go into a joint real estate deal. The goal is for the four of them to fix up the house and sell it for a profit. Can the group handle the pressures of living in the house, manual labour and a deadline? Or will they collapse like a house of cards? 2M, 2F

Shine - Musical
Set in the Irish country side in 1500’s this is a story about love and survival. The love of two sisters will be tested to the limits by deceit, betrayal and witchcraft. One sisters faces certain death at the hands of her wicked mother in-law. The other fights her way through evil to save her beloved sister. Funny and frightening this musical will take you on a journey of love.