New Canadian Musical 'Grow' Plants Roots at Segal Centre
Two Amish sisters on Rumpspringa end up running an urban cannabis operation in this comedy from the producer of Come From Away.
A Canadian musical about two Amish sisters growing pot in the city might sound like a fever dream, but it's hitting the Segal Centre stage soon. Grow follows 19-year-old twin sisters Hannah and Ruth as they embark on Rumpspringa—the Amish tradition where young people leave the community to experience the secular world before deciding if they want to return.
Their adventure takes an unexpected turn when they end up cultivating marijuana alongside a dispensary owner who becomes their unlikely guide through urban life. The musical, produced by the team behind Come From Away, mines comedy from the collision of cultures: culture shock, the allure of freedom, and what happens when family values meet a lifestyle your upbringing explicitly rejected.
The show promises laughs, heart, and a genuinely original premise. In a landscape crowded with revivals and safe bets, a musical about Amish cannabis entrepreneurs stands out. The real test will be whether the production captures the emotional weight beneath the premise—the genuine stakes of choosing between tradition and reinvention.
This is the kind of strange, specific story that makes theatre worth following.