Drawing of a large venus flytrap with lips and teeth in a pot. The background shows a flower shop.
Illustration by Carolina Dulcey.

Little Shop of Horrors – 2024

Don’t feed the plants!

date March 15, 2024 — May 18, 2024
Run time is approximately 2 hours with one 15-minute intermission.
Recommended for ages 8 and older
Audio-Described Performances :    April 9 and 27, 2024
ASL-Interpreted Performance :    April 11, 2024 and May 4, 2024 (7:30 p.m. performance)

Little Shop of Horrors is a non-stop blast, sci-fi horror comedy, love story and doo-wop and rock musical that has become one of the most treasured pieces of American musical theatre. With music by Alan Menken and lyrics and book by Howard Ashman, Little Shop pays homage to doo-wop and Motown recordings. The story follows a luckless florist shop worker, Seymour, who raises a wisecracking carnivorous plant – Audrey II – that must feed on human blood. He delights in the fame and fortune that his ever-growing plant attracts, while trying to show his co-worker Audrey that she is the girl of his dreams. As Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out-of-this-world origins and intent toward world domination, he learns the lesson: “Don’t feed the plants!” Join us for a wild ride through Skid Row this spring 2024, directed by Kevin S. McAllister (The Wiz, Ragtime).

“…if ever there was a staging to soothe the soul, it’s this one.”
The Washington Post
“It’s just the right time, in other words, to retreat to the theater and surrender to the charms of a giant plant puppet.”
The Washington Post
“It’s just the right time, in other words, to retreat to the theater and surrender to the charms of a giant plant puppet.”
The Washington Post
“It’s just the right time, in other words, to retreat to the theater and surrender to the charms of a giant plant puppet.”
The Washington Post
“It’s just the right time, in other words, to retreat to the theater and surrender to the charms of a giant plant puppet.”
“It’s just the right time, in other words, to retreat to the theater and surrender to the charms of a giant plant puppet.”
The Washington Post

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Director Kevin S. McAllister
Choreographer Ashleigh King
Music Director William Yanesh
Scenic Design Paige Hathaway
Costume Design Alejo Vietti
Lighting Design Max Doolittle
Sound Design David Budries
Hair and Make-up Design Danna Rosedahl
Dialects and Voice Direction Rachel Hirshorn-Johnston
Production Stage Manager Craig A. Horness
Assistant Stage Manager Taryn Friend

Cast

Scott Ward Abernethy

Understudy

Tori Gomez

Understudy

Kaiyla Gross

Ronnette

Headshot for Jay Frisby.

Jay Frisby

Audrey II (Manipulation)/Derelict

Jake Loewenthal

Seymour (Performances April 22-May 18)

Headshot of actor Joe Mallon.

Joe Mallon

Orin/Bernstein/Snip/ Luce/Everyone Else

Christopher Mueller

Understudy

Lawrence Redmond

Mr. Mushnik

Theodore Sapp

Understudy

Headshot for Nia Savoy-Dock.

Nia Savoy-Dock

Chiffon

Ryan Sellers

Audrey II (Manipulation)/Derelict

Derrick D. Truby, Jr.

Seymour (Performances through April 13)

Chani Wereley

Audrey

Kanysha Williams

Crystal

Tobias A. Young

Audrey II (Voice)

Band

Keys I/Conductor William Yanesh
Keys II Nathan Beary Blustein
Guitar DeAnte Haggerty-Willis
Bass Eliot Seppa
Drums Carroll “CV” Dashiell III

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Learn more about Little Shop of Horrors. Read the program before you see the performance.

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We offer audio-described performances for all of our mainstage productions. Audio-described performances for Little Shop of Horrors are Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 2 p.m.

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