Maltz Jupiter Theatre Celebrates the Change...

With Menopause The Musical®

Since March 2001, the hilarious show, Menopause The Musical® has entertained and inspired women from coast-to-coast and internationally. Menopause The Musical®, the hilarious celebration of women and The Change, opens at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre on August 1.

The show, about four women (a power woman, a soap star, an earth mother and Iowa housewife) at a Bloomingdale's lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra and hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges and not enough sex, is a joyful parody of 25 re-lyricized classic baby boomer hits. This 90-minute show features chart-toppers including "I Heard It Thru the Grapevine; You No Longer See 39" and the disco favorite "Stayin' Awake! Stayin 'Awake!"

Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, writer/producer Jeanie Linders created the show as a celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived The Change. Since its first performance, the show has evolved as a "grassroots" movement of women who deal with life after 40 and all the challenges that result in the mental, physical and spiritual freedom of the post-WWII baby boomer generation.

"Most women know intuitively that every other woman is experiencing hot flashes or night sweats. There is always a close friend or two who can sympathize or identify with her," says Linders. "But when they are sitting in a theatre full of other women, all laughing and shouting‚ 'That's me! That's me on stage!' they know what they are experiencing is normal. They aren't alone...or crazy. It becomes a sisterhood."

Menopause The Musical® has entertained audiences across the country in more than 100 cities, as well as internationally in 11 countries. Each week nearly 35,000 women of all ages and stages find their spirits lifted by the show's light-hearted look at menopause. It is estimated that nearly 10 million women in 12 countries have attended a performance since the show's opening in Orlando, Fla., in 2001.

The show opens at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre on August 1 and runs through August 31 with performances on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $39.50 and $36.50. Tickets can be purchased at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Box Office, online at www.jupitertheatre.org or by phone (561) 575-2223 or (800) 445-1666. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre opened in February 2004 as a 550-seat, nonprofit community-based professional regional theatre and is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is located at 1001 Indiantown Road and A1A in Jupiter.