Field of Flowers by Bee Kanofsky
Sat, Jul 05
|The Proscenium Theatre at The Drake
An artist, two friends, and a dream. In Arles, France Vincent Van Gogh seeks connection through his art, while Paul Gauguin hopes a creative revival will lead him to Tahiti. When Vincent’s brother Theo brings them together, sparks fly, forging a new connection as their art is tested.
Time & Location
Jul 05, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Proscenium Theatre at The Drake, 302 S Hicks St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
About The Event
This reading is presenting as part of PlayPenn's 2025 New Play Development Conference July 5 -20
Field of Flowers
by Bee Kanofsky
Directed by James Kern
Dramaturg: Madeline Charne
Young Playwright Reading Presented in Partnership with Philadelphia Young Playwrights
An artist, two friends, and a dream. In Arles, France Vincent Van Gogh seeks connection through his art, while Paul Gauguin hopes a creative revival will lead him to Tahiti. When Vincent’s brother Theo brings them together, sparks fly, forging a new connection as their art is tested and possibly shattered.
Bee Kanofsky is a Jewish, Transfeminine, and Queer literary artist. She makes work that expresses her lifelong searching for community, connection, and an understanding of the past. She has been a multi-award nominated and winning experimental poet, librettist, filmmaker, and playwright. She has had her plays presented at the O’Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut for two consecutive years, the TADA! Theatre in New York City for her play Being Seen, the Randall Theatre in Philadelphia for her play Painted Peppers, and now the Drake Theatre in Philadelphia for Fields of Flowers.
She has also collaborated on musical theatre songs for her friend’s musical animated series, Der Schwarzwald in addition to a musical adaptation of Painted Peppers, a Harriet Tubman musical, among other musical projects.
She has also been featured in multiple collections of poetry including RUCKUS magazine, Echoes Down the Stairwell, and The Performer Charter Arts newspaper, international and local film festivals, musical-writing competitions for the National American Musical Theatre Alliance, and as her class’s graduation speaker for 2025. When she’s not writing she loves to take walks with her dad and collects walking sticks along the way. Bee lives with her family and her two cats Horchata and Mochi.
She graduated Lehigh Valley Charter Arts this school year and she is going to attend Bard College in the fall.
About the 2025 New Play Development Conference
PlayPenn, a national new play development center based in Philadelphia, proudly announces the 2025 New Play Development Conference, taking place from July 5th to July 20th, 2025. For nearly two decades, PlayPenn has been a cornerstone of new play development, providing a vital platform for playwrights to create, collaborate and connect.
This year, the conference extends its reach beyond a single location to bring new plays into communities across four Philadelphia County districts, thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration with InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Power Street Theatre, Theatre in the X, and the Wilma Theater. The collaboration aims to foster greater sustainability in the arts by sharing resources and expanding audiences.