In Mum’s dystopian garden, human-flowers exist in a world plagued by pollution and climate destruction. The traditional Picking Season celebrated in Mum’s Garden invites Pickers to pick flowers in a pageant each season in hopes to bring beauty back into the dying world. Flower Power follows buds like Dani, Mum, Daisy, Rose, and Lily throughout the interruption of Picking Season, where Dani works to save the garden from pollutant death before it’s too late. Dani’s revolution reveals how far desperate flower buds will go for their beauty, and the sacrifices required to keep petals powerful.

Expected run time: 40 minutes

Character Breakdown:

MUM:: Chrysanthemum. A Stubborn Traditionalist Boomer. Doing what she believes is best. Pageant mother vibes.

DANI: Dandelion. The passionate next generation of buds. Knowledgeable. College student at a family dinner vibes.

DAISY: Daisy. Pure. Trying to improve their dark life by finding sunshine in this new garden.

ROSE: Rose. A beautiful product of a selfish society. GenZ Influencer vibes.

LILY: Lily. A mentor for Dan who has lost hope in the garden’s cause. Millennial Big sister vibes.

PICKER: Large, male build. Figure of the outside world.

Flower Power began development in Pittsburgh, where the script was selected to run at The Pittsburgh Playhouse’s One-Act Festival in March 2020. The production team had undergone casting, rehearsals, and design conversations before cancelling the production due to covid-19. In May 2023, Marymount Manhattan College in New York, NY licensed and produced Flower Power for a student festival. In July 2023, Blasphemme Studios in association with The Tank NYC produced Flower Power in New York, with a sold-out run in The Tank’s off-off broadway theatre. This production was directed by Flower Power’s playwright Caitlin Mayernik. A new full-length script of the original 30-minute script of Flower Power is currently in development.

Caitlin Mayernik (Playwright, she/her) is a New York-based creative, originally from Detroit, MI. As an arts collaborator, she's joined teams at Directors Lab West, The LA Writers Center, PlayPenn Theatre, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, The Ann Arbor Experimental Film Festival, and Sesame Street Workshop. Recent directing credits include: Flower Power (The Tank NYC) Antidotal (The Brick Theater, The Tank NYC Pridefest), Max’s House (The Tank NYC), 12.20.12 (First Kiss Theatre Company). Caitlin holds a BFA in Theatre from Point Park University. More information at www.caitlinmayernik.com.