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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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Sean Daniels

Oct 24, 2022, 11:41 AM
Role : Director
Order : 30
Sean is honored to be making his Cincinnati Playhouse debut. His work has been seen in Scotland (Traverse Theatre, Tron, Necessary Space), United Kingdom (St. James, Southwark Playhouse) and was the first American director asked to direct at the Baltic American Playwrights Conference in Hiiumaa, Estonia. In the United States at Manhattan Theatre Club (The Lion, Drama Desk Award and Theatre World Award, nominated for Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle), 59E59 (NYC, I and You, nominated for Outer Critics Circle), Lynn Redgrave Theater (NYC), The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), St. James (West End, London - The Lion, winner of Best New Musical), and at many wonderful regionals (Old Globe, ACT, Geffen Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and the Neo-Futurists in Chicago). In addition, Sean has been an Artistic Director at Merrimack Repertory and Dad’s Garage Theatre (which he co-founded); and an Associate Artistic Director at California Shakespeare Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville. He is currently the Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company.

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Sean Daniels

Oct 24, 2022, 11:41 AM
Role : Director
Order : 30
Sean is honored to be making his Cincinnati Playhouse debut. His work has been seen in Scotland (Traverse Theatre, Tron, Necessary Space), United Kingdom (St. James, Southwark Playhouse) and was the first American director asked to direct at the Baltic American Playwrights Conference in Hiiumaa, Estonia. In the United States at Manhattan Theatre Club (The Lion, Drama Desk Award and Theatre World Award, nominated for Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle), 59E59 (NYC, I and You, nominated for Outer Critics Circle), Lynn Redgrave Theater (NYC), The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), St. James (West End, London - The Lion, winner of Best New Musical), and at many wonderful regionals (Old Globe, ACT, Geffen Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and the Neo-Futurists in Chicago). In addition, Sean has been an Artistic Director at Merrimack Repertory and Dad’s Garage Theatre (which he co-founded); and an Associate Artistic Director at California Shakespeare Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville. He is currently the Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company.

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