Platte Valley Players Theatre for Young Audiences presents: Tomato Plant Girl, by Wesley Middleton

FREE SHOW FOR ALL AGES! Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance at plattevalleyplayers.org/tomato-plant-girl.

Performances
November 13 – 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
December 9 – 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
at the Armory Performing Arts Center
300 Strong St., Brighton, CO 80601

This powerful exploration of friendship delights young audiences with its sharp dialogue, physical action and playful, high-energy conflict. Show runs 45 minutes, no intermission.

Directed by Kelly Van Oosbree. Starring Rachel Graham – Tomato Plant Girl; Sara Metz – Bossy Best Friend; and Samara Attridge – Little Girl.

Little Girl is the new kid in Heretown. Good thing she’s got her Bossy Best Friend! The girls share a garden where time moves to the rhythm of Bossy’s commands until the day Little Girl can no longer obey. Bossy has forbidden Little Girl to touch her precious tomato plant. But if the plant doesn’t get watered soon, it will die. When Bossy leaves to visit her grandma, Little Girl uproots the plant in a valiant rescue, and a messy girl-creature springs out of the earth, spitting up dirt and crying red tears. Soon, Little Girl is playing crazy new games with Tomato Plant Girl and teaching her to say “please.” Maybe Little Girl has found a new Best Friend. But what will they do when Bossy returns? And what if Tomato Plant Girl won’t stay? When her friendships collide and Little Girl has to choose, she discovers the power of making up her own rules.

This production is generously sponsored by the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission and the City of Brighton Lodging Tax Grant.