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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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Shelby Scaffidi

Oct 4, 2023, 10:47 AM
Role : Assistant Stage Manager
Order : 130

Shelby is so excited to be returning to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and joining the Actors’ Equity Association with Clyde’s. Shelby’s professional career began in 2021, when she joined the Playhouse as a Stage Management Intern and returned the following season as a Production Assistant. In between shows at the Playhouse, Shelby has worked at The Cincinnati Ballet and Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Some of her favorite Playhouse credits include Frida... A Self PortraitRooted and Origin Story. Shelby received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and credits much of her early career success to her professors and the connections she made while earning her degree.

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Shelby Scaffidi

Oct 4, 2023, 10:47 AM
Role : Assistant Stage Manager
Order : 130

Shelby is so excited to be returning to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and joining the Actors’ Equity Association with Clyde’s. Shelby’s professional career began in 2021, when she joined the Playhouse as a Stage Management Intern and returned the following season as a Production Assistant. In between shows at the Playhouse, Shelby has worked at The Cincinnati Ballet and Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Some of her favorite Playhouse credits include Frida... A Self PortraitRooted and Origin Story. Shelby received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and credits much of her early career success to her professors and the connections she made while earning her degree.

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