These Roots Go Deep
Performed by Pamela Ziemann
Written in collaboration with and directed by Nina Wise
Winner Best of Fringe, Grass Valley, CA 2019
How do we reconcile the love we feel for our parents and other family members when we don’t agree with their decisions?
2019 Performances
Mount Shasta University
510 N Mt Shasta Blvd Suite C, Mt Shasta, CA
February 9th at 4 pm
Books Gallery
220 W. Central Avenue Sutherlin, OR
February 18th at 6 pm
The Triad Theater
102 Yelm Ave SE Yelm, WA
April 12th at 7 pm
Speaking with Your Authentic Voice Workshop
April 13th from 1-3 pm
Nugget Fringe
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains (upstairs)
246 South Church Street, Grass Valley, CA
January 19th at 8:30pm
January 20th at 3:30 pm
January 24th at 5:00 pm
January 26th at 3:30 pm
This show is about a father/daughter relationship that opens a window to life on a Minnesota farm where farmers are told to “Go Big or Get Out.” Pamela reveals her struggle of wanting to maintain the bond she has with her Dad while being true to her own values. Journey along from age 8 where she easily goes along with his views to the growing tension of being a teenager with her own wants and needs. As life goes on religion, racism and corporate greed are examined. Her love of truth shines a spotlight on it all.
“It’s been deeply moving to see how touched people are by this show,” says the playwright and actress Pamela Ziemann. “Many audience members have returned to see the show multiple times contemplating their own lives and making major shifts because of it.”
She’s performed this show at United Solo in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Tucson and Canadian Fringe Festivals as well as Center for Spiritual Living in Visalia, CA, Fairmont Opera House in Minnesota and Rialto Theater in Pocahontas, Iowa.
“Fun and Informative”
~ Patty McManus-Huber, Nash’s Organic Produce Promotions Coordinator
“Brave, Gutsy, Evolutionary”
~ Beverly Goldie, Ed.D.
“Entertaining, Authentic”
~ Jonas Nissen, Theater Director, Fairmont Opera House
Show Preview
Prologue
Dad and I inadvertently end up at a White Supremacy Meeting
Podcast with Jeffrey Jones of Family Recovery Solutions. An exploration of theater and family dynamics.
“We all get the perfect lessons that we need if we are open to seeing them”
~ Pamela Ziemann
2018 Performances
Tucson Fringe
Scoundrel & Scamp Theater at the Historic Y
738 N. 5th Tucson, AZ 85705
January 12th and 13th 7:30 pm
Visalia, California Center for Spiritual Living
117 S Locust St, Visalia, CA 93291
Show: February 11, 1pm
Workshop: February 12, 1 pm-4pm
Dungeness School
657 Towne Road Sequim, WA 98382
March 20, 6:30pm
Community Variety Show
Sequim Prairie Grange
290 Macleay Road Sequim, WA 98382
May 22, 6:30pm Show Sampler
Annapurna Center for Self-Healing
538 Adams Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
June 9th 4:00 pm
The Triad Theater
102 Yelm Ave SE Yelm, WA 98597
August 31st 7 pm
Workshop: September 1, 9am-Noon
Temple of Intention
301 South Old Stage Road Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
November 30th 7 pm
2017 Performances
Olympic Theater Arts
414 North Sequim Ave., Sequim, WA
February 3rd, 5:00pm
Center for Spiritual Living
254 N. Bagley Creek Road, Port Angeles, WA
February 11th, 2:00pm
Seattle Fringe Festival
Seattle Center Armory
March 24th – April 1st
Bob’s Studio
118½ East Front St., Port Angeles, WA
June 28th, 7:00pm
Prince Edward Island Fringe Festival
Rochford Square
Rochford St. & Kent St.
August 3rd – 6th
Pocahontas, Iowa
Rialto Theatre
324 N. Main St
August 29, 5 pm
Chicago Fringe
Jefferson Playhouse
4766 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60630
September 2nd – 4th
United Solo
410 West 42nd Street, New York NY 10036
October 6, 2017, 7:30 pm
Bob’s Studio
118 1/2 East Front St. Port Angeles, WA
November 15, 7 pm
