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Potatoes of August | Written by Sibyl Kempson

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Potatoes of August | Written by Sibyl Kempson

Potatoes of August
Written by Sibyl Kempson
Music composed by Mike Iveson Jr.
Lyrics by Sibyl Kempson

Directed by Kathy Ng '25 MFA

April 10 - April 19 
Thursday, April 10: 8:00PM (Pay What You Can)
Friday, April 11: 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 12: 8:00 PM
Sunday, April 13: 2:00 PM (Captions + Talkback with Sibyl Kempson)
Wednesday, April 16: 8:00 PM
Thursday, April 17: 8:00 PM
Friday, April 18: 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 19: 2:00 PM (ASL Interpretation) 

Leeds Theatre
83 Waterman Street
Providence RI 02912

Tickets
All seating is General Admission 
$7 - $15
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Potatoes of August is a theatricalist fugue wherein 4 retirees encounter a highly educated sack of sentient potatoes, and find their outworn belief systems forcibly confronted by the challenges of a highly integrated, enlightened metaphysics. Parts kitchen sink drama, musical comedy, intimate biographical portraiture, museum educational presentation, opera, Renaissance fair, science fiction, science fair, and phenomenological debate it is a fugue in both the musical and psychiatric sense.

 

 

CAST

KAYLA LERNER '27

RASHAUN BERTRAND '27

MAISON TEIXEIRA '27

ACADIA KOTOV '28

JESSE RUSCHE '25

ABBY SCHINDELL '25

ECHO XU '25 RISD

NOAH MARTINEZ '27

JULIA JARCHO

CREW

Scenic Designer: RENÉE SURPRENANT FITZGERALD

Lighting Designer: LIZZY STEEVES '25

Stage Manager: AUSTIN MEADOWS '26

Costume Designer: CORINA CHASE '13

Sound Designer: ARI CLEVELAND '25

Props Designer: FORD ROWE '24

This production is made possible by the Kathryn and Gilbert Miller Theatre Arts Endowment, Ben Brown Memorial Fund, Irene Lewisohn and Alice Lewisohn Crowley Endowlent, and a gift from the estate of TAPS Emeritus Professor James O. Barnhill.