---
title: 'Waitress (2023)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jessie Nelson'
released: '2023-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 144
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/waitress-2023'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15477042/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Waitress (2023)

2023 · 144 min · Music, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Waitress is a 2023 American musical comedy-drama film of the stage musical, which premiered in 2015. The film was recorded live at a performance of the musical in New York City. The 2007 film Waitress upon which the stage musical was in turn based, was written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. With music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson, the musical explores themes of female empowerment, personal transformation, and resilience, through the story of Jenna, a small-town waitress and expert pie baker who seeks to escape her unhappy marriage to an abusive husband.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Sara Bareilles](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-bareilles)
- **Producer:** [Sara Bareilles](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-bareilles), [Jessie Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-nelson)
- **Director:** [Jessie Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-nelson), [Brett Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/brett-sullivan), [Diane Paulus](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-paulus)
- **Screenplay:** [Jessie Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-nelson)
- **Editor:** [Sarah Broshar](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-broshar), [David Tregoning](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-tregoning)

## Cast

- [Charity Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charity-dawson)
- [Drew Gehling](https://cinepixo.com/people/drew-gehling)
- [Sara Bareilles](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-bareilles)
- [Dakin Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/dakin-matthews)
- [Joe Tippett](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-tippett)
- [Caitlin Houlahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/caitlin-houlahan)
- [Christopher Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-fitzgerald)
- [Eric Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-anderson)

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