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About the World Premiere

Emery Harris has lived alone in a treehouse named Mabel for over a decade performing research on plants. Except for her overbearing sister Hazel, Emery’s only connection to the outside world is through her YouTube channel where she documents her research and has garnered several thousand followers. No one is more stunned than she, though, when strangers begin gathering beneath Mabel, chanting and singing. As the crowd grows larger and louder, Emery learns she’s been unwittingly elected as her followers’ botanical, new-age messiah. A follow-up to Deborah Zoe Laufer’s hit play Be Here Now, this warm-hearted world premiere comedy studies the power of plants and the idiosyncrasies of people.

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Advisory

Rooted introduces you to memorable human characters named Emery, Hazel and Luanne - and memorable plants named Mabel, Cynthia and Gerald, among others. While the plants don't use strong adult language and explore mature themes like mental health, the humans do, so we recommend that human audience members be at least 14 years or older to attend.

 

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You can view the Digital Program now online. QR codes will also be around the theatre for quick access, as well as printed programs.

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Stephen Goers (he/him)

Feb 1, 2023, 10:03 AM
Role : Associate Conductor/Associate Music Director
Order : 370

Steve is thrilled to be returning to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park having served as Music Director for previous productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Jane Eyre and Murder for Two. He is a member of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) musical theatre faculty and has worked locally with Ensemble Theatre, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, the Carnegie, Cincinnati Landmark Productions, Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre, Ovation Theatre, Clear Stage, Hugo West Theatricals, Performance Gallery, ArtReach and Northern Kentucky University. He has received multiple acclaims and League of Cincinnati Theatres awards, including a 2010 Season MVP Award. Steve has composed numerous works for a variety of media including 10 feature film scores and 20 internationally produced musicals for young audiences. Steve has toured the U.S. and Africa with productions of BarnumJersey Boys and Bubbling Brown Sugar. He was featured as pianist and session producer on the album Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together which received a Grammy nomination for “Best Children’s Album.” When not doing shows, Steve is a keyboardist and vocalist in several local bands including the Clyde Brown Band, the Ultrasonics, Aja: A Tribute to Steely Dan and Just Strange Brothers. He is a graduate of the DePaul University School of Music and UC-CCM.

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Stephen Goers (he/him)

Feb 1, 2023, 10:03 AM
Role : Associate Conductor/Associate Music Director
Order : 370

Steve is thrilled to be returning to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park having served as Music Director for previous productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Jane Eyre and Murder for Two. He is a member of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) musical theatre faculty and has worked locally with Ensemble Theatre, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, the Carnegie, Cincinnati Landmark Productions, Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre, Ovation Theatre, Clear Stage, Hugo West Theatricals, Performance Gallery, ArtReach and Northern Kentucky University. He has received multiple acclaims and League of Cincinnati Theatres awards, including a 2010 Season MVP Award. Steve has composed numerous works for a variety of media including 10 feature film scores and 20 internationally produced musicals for young audiences. Steve has toured the U.S. and Africa with productions of BarnumJersey Boys and Bubbling Brown Sugar. He was featured as pianist and session producer on the album Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together which received a Grammy nomination for “Best Children’s Album.” When not doing shows, Steve is a keyboardist and vocalist in several local bands including the Clyde Brown Band, the Ultrasonics, Aja: A Tribute to Steely Dan and Just Strange Brothers. He is a graduate of the DePaul University School of Music and UC-CCM.

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