Grow

By Colleen Dauncey & Matt Murray & Akiva Romer-Segal

Before deciding if they want to commit to the Amish faith forever, twenty-year-old twins, Hannah and Ruth, leave the comfort of their community to go on their Rumspringa: a chance for Amish youth to experience life in the modern world. After arriving in a dodgy part of Toronto, their plans quickly go up in smoke and the twins find themselves stranded. Desperate, Hannah and Ruth end up crashing with Skor, a down-on-his-luck cannabis dispensary owner on the verge of losing his business. When Ruth grows the most extraordinary strain of weed anyone has ever seen, it sets the world – and their sisterhood – on fire.

Grow (formerly titled Rumspringa Break!) at the Next Stage Festival in Toronto, January, 2018 (1)

Grow (formerly titled Rumspringa Break!) at the Next Stage Festival in Toronto, January, 2018. 2

Grow (formerly titled Rumspringa Break!) at the Next Stage Festival in Toronto, January, 2018. 3

Production History

It was workshopped (under the title Rumspringa Break!) with Canadian Music Theatre Project / Theatre Sheridan at Theatre Passe Muraille – April 30, 2017

Rumspringa Break! ran at the Next Stage Theatre Festival January 3 – 14, 2018

Under the new title Grow, the production will receive its premiere through the COMPASS New Play Development Program at The Grand Theatre (London, ON) in April 2020. Directed by Dennis Garnhum.