2026 Season Visiting Companies

Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree Presented by Debra Ehrhardt

June 14, 2026

Written by Debra Ehrhardt

Directed by Paul Williams

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Debra Ehrhardt presents…

Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree is the newest play from Jamaican-born playwright and performer Debra Ehrhardt—a funny, raw, and deeply moving story inspired by her own life.

Blending humor, heartbreak, and revelation, the play explores the hidden stories that shape us long before we understand them. At its heart is a daughter trying to make sense of her past and the complicated love between parents and children. Like many families, hers was built on love—but also on silence, secrets, and things never spoken aloud. As children, we rarely see the full picture. The missing pieces of our family histories can quietly shape our fears, our choices, and the relationships we build as adults. When a long-buried truth finally surfaces, it forces a reckoning that reframes everything she thought she knew about her family—and about herself. Through laughter, vulnerability, and powerful storytelling, Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree takes audiences on a journey from confusion to clarity, from hurt to forgiveness. It reminds us that parents often do the best they can with the tools they were given, and that freedom begins the moment we are brave enough to face the truth. Funny, intimate, and profoundly human, this true story invites audiences to see a piece of their own families reflected onstage.

This show is recommended for ages 16 and over because of mature content.

Presented by Debra Ehrhardt

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Actress-playwright Debra Ehrhardt as made her home in the U.S., while maintaining an unquestionable passion for her native land. She has performed her own stories all over the world based on her colorful life in Jamaica. Debra is the recipient of several awards and has garnered rave reviews of her plays over the years. Previous solo productions include Mango Mango, Invisible Chairs, Cock Tales: Shame on Me! and Jamaica Farewell which was produced by Rita Wilson- Hanks and Garry Marshall and has been optioned for film. She received a Proclamation from the City of New York for her “Outstanding Contribution to the Jamaican community” and was named one of Jamaica’s top ten news makers for 2010. In addition, Ehrhardt has performed at the storytelling center in Jonesboro, Tenn., the Taos Storytelling festival in New Mexico, Ojai storytelling Festival in California, and she was the winner in 2017 for the Best Storyteller in Long Beach, Calif. Ehrhardt founded “What’s Your Story Jamaica,” a million-dollar storytelling competition in Kingston a few years ago and returns to Jamaica every year to produce and promote the competition. Debra maintains the fundamental belief that content is king, and to that end she imbues her work with tenderness, subtlety and intensity, striving tirelessly to emphasize what makes art meaningful: honest emotion.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Actor Christopher Grossett is a graduate of the Julliard School. He is known for the films Last Life, Something About a Business, and Speed of Life, among others. He was in a production of the award-winning A Raisin in the Sun at Syracuse Stage. At New York’s Lincoln Center he performed in A Wrinkle in Time. He also performed in productions of Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre and in Shrinks at the L.A. Hudson Theatre.

Director Paul Williams is a composer, singer, songwriter, actor, and is known for writing and co-writing iconic songs such as Three Dog Night’s “An Old Fashioned Love Song” and “Out in the Country,” Helen Reddy’s “You and Me Against the World,” Biff Rose’s “Fill Your Heart,” and the Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays.” Williams is also known for writing the score and lyrics for Bugsy Malone and his musical contributions to other films, including the Oscar-nominated song “Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie, and the lyrics to the #1 chart-topping song “Evergreen.” He won a Grammy for Song Of the Year for the love theme from the Barbra Streisand film, A Star Is Born, as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Williams said although he is writing two musicals and had very little time to spare, he was so impressed with the material and quality of the actors, he wanted to direct this piece.

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