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“Life is like a pie,” reflects actress Jessie Mueller. “You have to have a sturdy, flaky, buttery crust in order to hold your filling.”

An oral history project inspired by people working in the foodservice industry.

We asked members of the Waitress team to share some of their own experiences as, or with, waitresses and waiters.

“I write autobiographically, so it has been challenging but so exciting to embrace this,” says composer Sara Bareilles, “I really connected to the lead character, Jenna.”