Totally Wholesome Foods is a totally subversive, totally hilarious, totally prescient satire. Set in Gowaynus, this wild play follows Wendy and her community from the excitement of re-opening their beloved community garden to the chaos and frenzied terror of watching that garden, once destroyed by Hurricane Bobby, be destroyed again by the global wellness franchise Totally Wholesome Foods. This bizarre, wild, and biting 70-minute experience will dazzle and disturb. The piece asks us to weigh our desires to live wholesomely against our desires to live communally with diverse people.
Production History
- December 2, 2016 - First reading out loud with friends at Alice's apartment
- March 5, 2018 - Reading at The Drama League
- June 18, 2018 - Public reading at Pete's Candy Shop, part of Playdate at Pete's
- February 17-28, 2019 - World Premiere production at The Episcopal Actors' Guild, NYC (In partnership with EAG's Open Stage Grant presents, Press release)
EAG World Premiere Starring
Jim Anderson
as Ernie the landlord |
Paul Hinkes
as Ivy, an ivy plant |
Julia Nickerson
as Bette, Wendy's sister-in-law |
Zac Porter
as Fritz, a young Gowaynus native |
Jonelle Robinson
as Pat, Wendy's partner |
Kavion Sabio
as Mr. Pot, a pot |
Rosie Sowa
as Wendy, a gardener |
James Stafford*
as Fern, a fern |
Zach Stephens
as Toby, Wendy's brother from Iowa |
Madame Vivien V
as Adel, the neighborhood wise-woman |
Alison Walter
as Leslie, a Totally Wholesome Foods executive |
Written by Alice Pencavel
Directed by Paul Bedard
Music Composition & Direction by Paul Hinkes
Scenic design by Dan Daly
Costumes & Prop design by Claire Moodey
Lighting Design by Dan Stearns
Stage Management and Marketing Art by Cody Hom
Produced by Kathryn Appleton & Katie Palmer
This is show is an Equity Approved Showcase. *Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
Directed by Paul Bedard
Music Composition & Direction by Paul Hinkes
Scenic design by Dan Daly
Costumes & Prop design by Claire Moodey
Lighting Design by Dan Stearns
Stage Management and Marketing Art by Cody Hom
Produced by Kathryn Appleton & Katie Palmer
This is show is an Equity Approved Showcase. *Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
Thank you to the totally talented artists who helped develop this piece!
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Stoddard Blackall
Tony Curtis Daniel Emond Tyler Gardella |
Valorie Kissel
Lee LeBreton Kyle Metzger Mike Mikos |
Travis Clark Morris
Ryan Pater Russell Peck Emily Rose Prats |
Jose Useche
Jessica Wanamaker Simon Winheld Ran Xia |
Thank you to the totally rad organizations that have supported this piece!
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TWF is presented at The Episcopal Actors' Guild as part of the Open Stage Grant Program
TWF rehearsed at ART/NY studios as part of the Creative Spaces Grant Program
TWF rehearsed at ART/NY studios as part of the Creative Spaces Grant Program
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Thank you to our totally generous donors!
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Aaron Fried
Abbe Tanenbaum Amanda Ghosh Amands Robbins Anna Strasser Annalisa Wilde Austin P Regan Caitlin OConnell Caitlin Warfield Claudia Gutierrez Cyndi Tolosa Daniel Lee Danielle Fortner David Palmer Diana Levy |
Elissa Habib
Elizabeth Taliaferro Emily Conley Eve Appleton Greg Nickerson Haley Jakobson Harriet Lazer Hugo Genes Jacob Rice John Graham John McEneny Judy Berger Julia Levine Julia Nickerson Katherine Dagon |
Katherine Wilkinson
Linda Raskin Lisa Fudge Manuela Sosa Marilyn Lawson Mark & Kim Snider Marcia Lazer Martins Jukna-Parsons Maxine Philllips May Hathaway Melissa Brading Michael Haller Michael Wilson Polly Snider |
Rachel Berger
Rachel Blatt Rachel Quint Richard Fudge Ron Walter Ryan Pater Sarah Habib Scott Bedard Sharlene Bedard Su Kim Thelma Rosner Torrie Ogilvie Vic Chu William Johnson |
And 13 anonymous donors
We would also like to thank these totally awesome souls who helped us make this play a reality
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Ted Burt
Rosie DuPont Ahron R. Foster Lani Fu |
Richard Fudge
Colleen Hughes Nilan Johnson Willie Johnson |
Karen Lehman
Rebecca Lovett Michael Nickerson Jamie Soltis |
Dustin Yager
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