Old Names for Wildflowers

by Else C. Went
Directed by Emma Rosa Went
at The Tank in May 2018
Co-produced by The Tank, Parity Productions, & The Renovationists

Featuring: Jackie Abbott, Karen Eilbacher*, Tom Giordano*, Alexandra Gonzalez*, Zoë Goslin, Patrick Harvey, Finn Kilgore, Montana Lampert Hoover*, Monica Lerch, Patrick McCann (*Member AEA)

Scenic by Dan Daly
Lighting by Chris D'Angelo
Costumes by Sara Fellini
Sound by Else C. Went
Producer: Daniella Benavides
PSM: Rafaella Rossi
Assistant Director: Harrison Densmore
Trailer by Evening Squire Productions

"Director Emma Rosa Went stokes the fires in the bellies of the characters to set the old paradigms aflame. She lets no moment go unexplored… There is clear evidence of intensive character exploration and she slows down time to let the weight of the moment sit heavily on us. Her work is marvelously detailed and completely absorbing." 

"...like a memory from a past life. Like the smell of jasmine through an open window...."

"The play is a powerful statement on survival and the qualities of those individuals who are able to overcome extreme odds to triumphantly stand in their light." -Stage Biz

"Sometimes a play rips open a scab that never fully healed to reveal the raw, still-throbbing wound beneath. Old Names for Wildflowers does just this, and with the kind of tenderness that makes you believe in the possibilities of flowers bursting out of wreckage." -Ran Xia, Theatre Is Easy