Turnover: A New Leaf

Turnover: A New Leaf
by David Quang Pham
A plant-based musical comedy about how two neighboring families, rooted in prejudice, overturn their views when their queer kids start rooting for each other. Set in the fictional nation of Woodwork that is inhabited by photogenic plants, Malus Crabapple is the FigLeaf nightclub owner who sees transplants as invasive. Meanwhile, Rau Ram is the Salontro salon owner who is trying to earn her Green Card. She teaches her natural-born citizen son Parsley that queerness is unnatural. When a free-spirited pear named Pyrus visits town to spend the summer with their unty Malus, Parsley befriends Pyrus and starts showing his queer self (his mother’s transgression). TURNOVER plants coming-of-age themes of family dynamics, immigrant assimilation, performative activism, body image, and the duality between nature versus nurture.
Show Times & Location
Friday, May 16, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, May 17, 2025 @ 7:30pm (ASL Interpretation)
Sunday, May 18, 2025 @ 2:00pm
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Location
Judy K. Jolliffe Theatre in the Epic Center
359 S Kalamazoo Mall
Kalamazoo, MI 49007