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Director of MFA Playwriting Sheri Wilner invites you to the 2025 Actors Studio Staged Reading Series, where the work of graduating MFA playwrights is brought to life by graduating MFA directors and actors.

Saturday, February 8, 2025, and Sunday, February 9, 2025, 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

ASDS Repertory Theater
80 Greenwich St.
New York, NY 10006

For questions, email ASDSReservations@pace.edu.

Performances

Saturday, February 8

Bed Bug by Leah M. Bickley

Directed by Chandler Stephenson, MFA Directing, ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜23
After hitting rock bottom, Ellen moves in with her hyper-organized younger sister, Millie. As Ellen slowly begins to recover, Millie is left to wonder: WhatÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™s worseÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ”having a sister who constantly needs your help, or having a sister who can see just how much help you need?

Dirty Laundry by Caleb Dukes

Directed by Dougie Robbins, MFA Directing ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜25
High school senior Kit PetersÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™ discovery of a dark family secret coincides with the deadline of an important poetry contest, forcing him to choose between hurting those he loves or giving up a chance to escape his hometown. Is all art exploitative?

Sunday, February 9

Wildfire by Dakota Silvey

Directed by Nick Cartusciello, MFA Directing, ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜25
Based on DakotaÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™s five years as a wildland firefighter, Wildfire is a harrowing tale about a squad of firefighters facing the largest fire of their lives. With death looming, they must confront past traumas, generational conflicts, and outdated masculinity.

Working by Thomas James Boudreau

Directed by Alicia Lion Januzzi, MFA Directing ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜26
After his late fatherÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™s ranch is foreclosed upon, Clint leverages his knowledge of raising cattle to get a new jobÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ”at a slaughterhouse. Numbing himself with alcohol, Clint spirals when he is confronted with a choiceÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ”vengeance or conformity.