STINKY FLOWERS AND THE BAD BANANA was developed out of short fairytales playwright Croft Vaughn created through The Field’s “Fieldwork” program.


The first incarnation of Stinky Flowers was a solo play performed by Croft Vaughn, presented as part of Six Figures Theatre Company's Artists of Tomorrow festival at the Westside Theatre in December 2006 (Directed by Shana Solomon).


In 2007 WTE and Drawing Board Arts Project co-produced the Edinburgh Fringe Festival production of Stinky Flowers and the Bad Banana (Directed by Adam Goldstein)  In 2008 WTE brought Stinky Flowers to the Indianapolis Fringe Festival.


The new 5-person version of the play was presented in 2008 as part of The Management’s Salon reading series.


This will be the first fully staged production of the ensemble version of Stinky Flowers and the Bad Banana.








Our production of

Stinky Flowers is registered with the

New York Innovative Theatre Awards.  We

are elligible for

several awards, including:


best Ensemble Cast, best Directing,

best Script, and

best Multi-Media Design.


You can vote for us at www.nyitawards.com.


Just click,

“Cast your Vote!”



WTE Theatre Presents

By Croft Vaughn

Directed by David A. Miller

Under St. Marks Theater

94 St. Marks Place


Featuring:

Michael J. Connolly*

Lauren Sowa*

Robert James Grimm III

Dorothy Abrahams

Chuck Blasius


Stage Management: Barbara Dente*

Assistant Director: Lauren Heirigs

Scenic Design: Jennifer Varbalow

Costume Design: Bradley Erickson

Lighting Design: Kate Ashton & Sam Gordon

Music: Alana McNair

Animation: Matt Burnett & Double Blind

Video Design: Jeff Heyman


Press Representation by Emily Owens PR


*Denotes Actor Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association


Sinclair, Sam, and Stu discover an audience in their attic.  Clearly, these quiet strangers are going to eat them, so they distract the hungry savages by telling them their grandfather's original fairy tales. 


With these vivid, multi-media stories, they learn the answer to,

Are we still loved after the person who loves us is gone?” 


Warring Monkeys! 

Enchanted Lakes! 

Ravenous Savages! 

...Fetid Flora?


See the world premiere of the 5-person, ensemble cast!


NUVO 
&1/2

‘One of the sweetest and most touching shows ever presented at IndyFringe’

‘Storytelling at its best, and suitable for all ages - the children were mesmerized as were the adults!’

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NYTheatre.com

“Croft Vaughn [“with Keen direction from Adam Goldstein”] has constructed an endearing and enchanting meander through the excitable mind of one exceptional child.  He taps right into the plight of any young tall-tale-teller who would almost rather live in his imagined world over ours. 


“He does all this with only the aid of an overhead projector, himself, and a wonderfully surprising digital treat, (which I cannot possibly reveal).


“Let me be the first to say, it is more than enough to watch this totally engaging performer tell eloquent, touching, and beautiful stories with subtlety, sensitivity and grace.  I for one could watch Vaughn spin a tale all night...


“Vaughn has written the show with such fun and nuance, I’m thrilled to have gotten the chance to see [it].  As a performer he is utterly adorable and entrancing.


“It’s rare that I want more from a show, but I did leave wanting more stories...  One can always hope for more of a good thing.”

             

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Smaller Indiana

‘A perfect mixture of the angst of Charlie Brown, the vulnerability of Linus, the intelligence of Schroeder and the exuberance of Snoopy!’             

WTE - Stinky Flowers - Smaller Indiana                   


IndyTheatreHabit

‘A Professional Storyteller!’

‘Spiritual, Wonderful...Richly Layered’

‘Like a Stephen Sondheim Show - Full of Magic!’              

WTE - Stinky Flowers - Indy Theatre Habit             


Lou Harry, Indiana Business Journal

‘A Beautiful Climax...Clearly a Talent to Watch’

‘There have been complaints of too many one-person shows [but] if they are as inventive and emotionally honest as “Stinky Flowers and the Bad Banana,” I say bring them on!’              

Stinky Flowers - Indiana Business Journal        


 

October 7-24

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