![Drawing of a large venus flytrap with lips and teeth in a pot. The background shows a flower shop.](https://fords.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fords-littleshop-art-2880x1400-1.jpg)
Little Shop of Horrors – 2024
Don’t feed the plants!
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).
Creative Team
Cast
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Scott Ward Abernethy
Understudy
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Tori Gomez
Understudy
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Kaiyla Gross
Ronnette
![Headshot for Jay Frisby.](https://fords.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/jay-frisby-2023-410x410-1.jpg)
Jay Frisby
Audrey II (Manipulation)/Derelict
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Jake Loewenthal
Seymour (Performances April 22-May 18)
![Headshot of actor Joe Mallon.](https://fords.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Joe-Mallon_410x410-3.jpg)
Joe Mallon
Orin/Bernstein/Snip/ Luce/Everyone Else
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Christopher Mueller
Understudy
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Lawrence Redmond
Mr. Mushnik
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Theodore Sapp
Understudy
![Headshot for Nia Savoy-Dock.](https://fords.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/nia-savoy-dock-2023-410x410-1.jpg)
Nia Savoy-Dock
Chiffon
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Ryan Sellers
Audrey II (Manipulation)/Derelict
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Derrick D. Truby, Jr.
Seymour (Performances through April 13)
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Chani Wereley
Audrey
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Kanysha Williams
Crystal
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Tobias A. Young
Audrey II (Voice)
Band
Digital Program
Learn more about Little Shop of Horrors. Read the program before you see the performance.
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Teachable Moments
![A Black man wearing a gardener’s apron and an Asian person wearing a red dress with black fabric chat in a plant shop, with a large green strange and interesting plant in a pot to their left. A sign pointing to the plant reads “Here it is!”](https://fords.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/little-shop-1-2880x1400-1-1024x512.jpg)
Little Shop of Horrors Lesson Plan
This lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to create their own plant inspired by nature.
Watch the Trailer
Pre-Show Attendance Video
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.