Thicket & Thistle

Thicket & Thistle Thicket & Thistle is a NYC writing team of actor-musicians who write, perform in and provide the live orchestrations for their own original musicals.

Thicket & Thistle is a group of multidisciplinary actor-musicians who utilize collaborative writing to develop engaging new theatre. Our process fuses the traditional mediums of theatre and music in nontraditional ways to create original performances. Our musical theatre for the young at heart aims to provide an experience that uplifts, entertains, and engages. Thicket & Thistle is made up of Kyle

Acheson, Sam De Roest, Jonathan Eric Foster, Joshua Stenseth, Juliana Wheeler, and Lindsay Zaroogian. It was founded as a devising group of actor-musicians, blurring the lines between writer, performer, and orchestra. We share in every aspect and responsibility of the creative process. We have collaboratively written and produced 3 full length musicals and 3 short one-act musicals. Our flagship show, What’s Your Wish?, appeared in the NY International Fringe Festival (2015) and New York Musical Festival (2018) and also had a New York City run produced by Theatre Now New York (2017). We were granted a residency at the Access Theatre in 2017-2018 to work on our musical, Death Cruise. We received a NYSCA award to produce a run of that show in the summer of 2019 at Access Theatre. We have been part of the Theatre Now New York’s musical theatre writing lab for 2 years where we reworked The Waterman, which is scheduled to be performed in September of 2021 at The Players Theatre. We are also developing a movie musical, Grapes of Rad, in collaboration with The Barn in Los Angeles.

Thicket and Thisle Labor Day Weekend Reunion!
09/04/2023

Thicket and Thisle Labor Day Weekend Reunion!

It truly was a magical night…The Second Annual Thistlie Awards were a huge success! Awards we’re won, awards were lost, ...
10/17/2022

It truly was a magical night…


The Second Annual Thistlie Awards were a huge success! Awards we’re won, awards were lost, memories were reminisced, fun was had.


“Ok 1, 2, 3 boyband pose!”

Happy Sunday Thistles! We’ve been quiet for a bit but we’re back baby! And we are very stoked to announce the second ann...
10/09/2022

Happy Sunday Thistles! We’ve been quiet for a bit but we’re back baby! And we are very stoked to announce the second annual Thistlie awards! It will be a magical night full of music, laughter, and needy actors giving themselves awards! Tune into the livestream Sunday, October 16th, or if you’re a true super fan, you can get a VIP ticket to join us! For all the information on the thistlies, check out the page on our website! (Link in bio)

Question: are we the luckiest scrappy little theatre company in the world? It’s easy to feel gloomy about the past coupl...
01/02/2022

Question: are we the luckiest scrappy little theatre company in the world? It’s easy to feel gloomy about the past couple of years, but looking back at Thicket and Thistle’s 2021, we can’t help feeling extremely grateful!

Let’s take stock:
We’ve got the Thicket and Thistle Podcast, an opportunity to stay creative, watch so many classic movie musicals, and talk and laugh about art with the people we love most, all from different spots across the US. (Like and subscribe now, available on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and anywhere else you get your podcasts! 😜)

We’ve been developing a brand new movie musical script with the amazing fellows of The Barn, which we are SO excited to continue working on.

We had the IMMENSE privilege of performing our original musical Waterman in New York City this fall, which gave us the opportunity to work with so many amazingly talented people, on stage, in the pit, and in the booth!

All in all, we had a wonderful year, and are so lucky to get to work with so many wonderful individuals! So let’s make 2022 our best year yet! If there is one the thing the past two years has taught us, it’s that no matter what happens WE CAN MAKE IT WORK!

Stay creating all you thistles out there! And thank you for your continuing love and support!

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Out now! Tune in to the Thicket and Thistle Podcast now to hear us chat about this spooky, wooky, quirky 2007 Tim Burton...
12/31/2021

Out now! Tune in to the Thicket and Thistle Podcast now to hear us chat about this spooky, wooky, quirky 2007 Tim Burton… masterpiece? 😬 available on Spotify, Apple podcasts, or anywhere else you get your pods!

Nothings gonna harm you, not while the Thicket and Thistle Podcast is around! This week we’re talkin Tim Burton’s 2007 r...
12/30/2021

Nothings gonna harm you, not while the Thicket and Thistle Podcast is around! This week we’re talkin Tim Burton’s 2007 rendition of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! We have many thoughts, but we do love this gorgeous, spooky Stephen Sondheim musical! Like and subscribe now, and listen to the episode out tomorrow on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and anywhere else you get your podcasts!

Wishing you and yours Happy Holidays!
12/25/2021

Wishing you and yours Happy Holidays!

Happy Thistle Thursday everyone!An American In Paris is live now on the Thicket and Thistle Podcast! Check out the episo...
12/16/2021

Happy Thistle Thursday everyone!
An American In Paris is live now on the Thicket and Thistle Podcast! Check out the episode, where we discuss this colorful, fun, sliiiightly problematic dance classic! Available now on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and anywhere else you get your podcasts!

This week on the Thicket and Thistle Podcast we’re discussing the charming dance classic: An American In Paris! This mov...
12/15/2021

This week on the Thicket and Thistle Podcast we’re discussing the charming dance classic: An American In Paris! This movie is colorful, fun, and Jules has a LOT of problems with it (pictured here being SO over Gene Kelly’s antics). Like and subscribe now to the Thicket and Thistle Podcast, available on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and anywhere else you get your podcasts, and listen to the episode out tomorrow!


Sondheim spoke to the artist inside all of us. His work stands as an invitation to all artists, to go deeper, to look cl...
11/28/2021

Sondheim spoke to the artist inside all of us. His work stands as an invitation to all artists, to go deeper, to look closer, to give voice to the unique humanity of every character. From the giants in the sky to the ladies who lunch, here's to you, Sondheim. Thank you for the music, and rest easy. ❤️

Happy thanksgiving Thistles! We are so grateful to do what we do and for all of you! As a special thanksgiving miracle, ...
11/25/2021

Happy thanksgiving Thistles! We are so grateful to do what we do and for all of you! As a special thanksgiving miracle, we have the return of the Thicket and Thistle Podcast! This week we’re talking about Mary Poppins, and We were so lucky to have Steffanie Leigh as our guest! Steffanie had a several year stint playing Miss Poppins herself on Broadway, and shares so many fun stories and secrets of the show! Take a walk down memory lane with us, now available on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and anywhere else you get your podcasts! Gobble gobble!


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