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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.
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.
View Program
You can view the Digital Program now online. QR codes will also be around the theatre for quick access, as well as printed programs.
Kareem is a Canadian-born director of Egyptian descent and was named a Rising Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group. Regional directing credits include Writers Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Portland Stage, Crossroads Theatre, Premiere Stages and more. In New York, he has developed new plays with New York Theatre Workshop, The Atlantic Theater Company, MCC Theater, The New Group, Soho Repertory Theater and more. Kareem is also an award-winning playwright. His plays Dodi & Diana, American Fast and A Distinct Society have been produced off-Broadway and at theatres nationwide. Fellowships and residencies include Sundance Theatre Lab, The Old Globe (Classical Directing Fellow), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Phil Killian Directing Fellow), The Eugene O’Neill Theater (National Directors Fellow), Second Stage Theater (Van Lier Directing Fellow), Soho Rep (Writer/Director Lab), Lincoln Center Theater (Directors Lab) and New York Theatre Workshop (Directing Fellow/Usual Suspect). Kareem earned an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia University. Visit www.kareemfahmy.com.
Kareem is a Canadian-born director of Egyptian descent and was named a Rising Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group. Regional directing credits include Writers Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Portland Stage, Crossroads Theatre, Premiere Stages and more. In New York, he has developed new plays with New York Theatre Workshop, The Atlantic Theater Company, MCC Theater, The New Group, Soho Repertory Theater and more. Kareem is also an award-winning playwright. His plays Dodi & Diana, American Fast and A Distinct Society have been produced off-Broadway and at theatres nationwide. Fellowships and residencies include Sundance Theatre Lab, The Old Globe (Classical Directing Fellow), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Phil Killian Directing Fellow), The Eugene O’Neill Theater (National Directors Fellow), Second Stage Theater (Van Lier Directing Fellow), Soho Rep (Writer/Director Lab), Lincoln Center Theater (Directors Lab) and New York Theatre Workshop (Directing Fellow/Usual Suspect). Kareem earned an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia University. Visit www.kareemfahmy.com.
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