THEATER IN ASYLUM
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Written by Alice Pencavel
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Directed by Paul Bedard
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.
Photos by Ahron R. Foster

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

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Jim Anderson
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as Ernie the landlord
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Paul Hinkes
as Ivy, an ivy plant
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Julia Nickerson
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as Bette, Wendy's sister-in-law
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Zac Porter
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as Fritz, a young Gowaynus native
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Jonelle Robinson
as Pat, Wendy's partner
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Kavion Sabio
as Mr. Pot, a pot
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Rosie Sowa
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as Wendy, a gardener
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James Stafford*
​as Fern, a fern
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Zach Stephens
as Toby, Wendy's brother from Iowa
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Madame Vivien V
as Adel, the neighborhood wise-woman
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Alison Walter
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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
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Costumes & Prop design by Claire Moodey
Lighting Design by Dan Stearns
Stage Management and Marketing Art by Cody Hom
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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!

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
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Thank you to our totally generous donors!

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

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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