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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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Trey Tatum

Sep 9, 2020, 16:52 PM
Role : Playwright / Sound Designer
Order : 25
Trey is a playwright/composer from Cincinnati, Ohio. Recent credits include ZOINKS!, a Nancy Drew send-up about the opioid epidemic; Alabama Monster, his solo show about mental illness, family ties and creatures that lie just out of sight; and JALZ, a remake of the blockbuster movie JAWS that examines Alzheimer's disease, end-of-life care and family legacy. For the past four seasons, Trey has been composer for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill education touring series. Current projects include Have Monster, Will Travel — a new audio-fiction podcast about road trips, monsters and the meaning of family. Trey makes theatre and mischief with his wife, director Bridget Leak. Visit treytatum.com

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Trey Tatum

Sep 9, 2020, 16:52 PM
Role : Playwright / Sound Designer
Order : 25
Trey is a playwright/composer from Cincinnati, Ohio. Recent credits include ZOINKS!, a Nancy Drew send-up about the opioid epidemic; Alabama Monster, his solo show about mental illness, family ties and creatures that lie just out of sight; and JALZ, a remake of the blockbuster movie JAWS that examines Alzheimer's disease, end-of-life care and family legacy. For the past four seasons, Trey has been composer for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill education touring series. Current projects include Have Monster, Will Travel — a new audio-fiction podcast about road trips, monsters and the meaning of family. Trey makes theatre and mischief with his wife, director Bridget Leak. Visit treytatum.com

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