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.
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.
Digital Program
Robert Harling
Feb 17, 2022, 10:44 AM
Role :
Playwright
Order :
70
Robert Harling made
his directorial debut with The Evening Star for Paramount, which he also
wrote for the screen based on Larry McMurty’s novel. The Evening Star
reunited Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson and co-stars Juliette Lewis, Bill
Paxton, Scott Wolf, Miranda Richardson, and Marion Ross. The Evening Star
is the continuation of one of the most beloved and acclaimed movies of our
time, Terms of Endearment. Before launching a successful stage and
screenwriting career, Robert graduated from Tulane University School of Law,
but instead of taking the bar exam, he opted to become an actor in New York.
After years of productive work as an actor in voiceovers and commercials,
Harling was inspired to write the highly acclaimed stage play Steel
Magnolias, which was based on events from his personal life. Steel
Magnolias continues to thrive in theatrical productions throughout the
world. Immediately bridging a career from stage to screen, Harling adapted his
original play into the popular film of the same title, which starred Sally
Field, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, and
Daryl Hannah. Over the years, Mr. Harling has become a much sought-after
screenwriter: other credits, to name a few, include Soapdish, which was
based on Harling’s acting experience and starred Sally Field, Whoopi Goldberg,
and Robert Downey Jr., and First Wives Club for Paramount, starring
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton
Robert Harling
Feb 17, 2022, 10:44 AM
Role :
Playwright
Order :
70
Robert Harling made
his directorial debut with The Evening Star for Paramount, which he also
wrote for the screen based on Larry McMurty’s novel. The Evening Star
reunited Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson and co-stars Juliette Lewis, Bill
Paxton, Scott Wolf, Miranda Richardson, and Marion Ross. The Evening Star
is the continuation of one of the most beloved and acclaimed movies of our
time, Terms of Endearment. Before launching a successful stage and
screenwriting career, Robert graduated from Tulane University School of Law,
but instead of taking the bar exam, he opted to become an actor in New York.
After years of productive work as an actor in voiceovers and commercials,
Harling was inspired to write the highly acclaimed stage play Steel
Magnolias, which was based on events from his personal life. Steel
Magnolias continues to thrive in theatrical productions throughout the
world. Immediately bridging a career from stage to screen, Harling adapted his
original play into the popular film of the same title, which starred Sally
Field, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, and
Daryl Hannah. Over the years, Mr. Harling has become a much sought-after
screenwriter: other credits, to name a few, include Soapdish, which was
based on Harling’s acting experience and starred Sally Field, Whoopi Goldberg,
and Robert Downey Jr., and First Wives Club for Paramount, starring
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton
Photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.
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