Turnover: A New Leaf
June 28th 2024 at 7:00pm

David Quang Pham, Playwright-Composer Fang Tseng, Director Carla Mongado, Music Director Deniz Demirkurt, Stage Manager Caitlin Mayernik, Producer Aliyah Curry, Dramaturg Anna Schultz, Lighting Designer-Operator Piper Hill, Sound Designer-Operator Ethan Lucas, Percussionist Joshua Erickson, Pianist Max Boone, Parsley Ram Veronica Dang, Rau Ram Kimi Handa Brown, Pyrus Crabapple Erick Carter, Mayor Canna Blomquist / DJ Cauliflower

Turnover: A New Leaf is a plant-based musical set in Dirty City that follows a Vietnamese mother-child pair of Cilantros who run a salon that neighbors the Crabapple family and their FigLeaf Nightclub. When their queer children - Parsley Ram and Pyrus Crabapple - befriend one another and uproot their families’ social orders, the plants and transplants discover what it truly means to earn one’s green card.

In this coming-of-age story, the musical theater science communicator David Quang Pham plants themes of family dynamics, immigrant assimilation, performative activism, body image, the duality between nature versus nurture, and songs teaching photosynthesis! At Theatre on the Verge's 2024 New Musicals Festival in Philadelphia's Abington Art Center, Turnover: A New Leaf was nominated for Best Musical and won Best Book and Best Director (Aliyah Curry). Queer Theatre Kalamazoo is set to have a production of Turnover: A New Leaf in their 2024-2025 Season. The Tank's Pridefest concert reading is directed by Fang Tseng, produced by Caitlin Mayernik, with music direction by Carla Mongado, stage management by Deniz Demirkurt, and dramaturgy by Aliyah Curry.

*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.