The world premiere of Julia Randall's Dilaria has extended its Off-Broadway run at DR2 Theatre, where performances will now continue through August 8. The production opened June 18.
The production stars Ella Stiller as Dilaria, Chiara Aurelia (Fear Street) as Georgia, and Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Mean Girls) as Noah. Aurelia is set to play her final performance in the production July 13, leaving to star in Broadway's John Proctor is the Villain. She will be succeeded by Tessa Albertston. Understudies Ari Dalbert and Rebecca Ho round out the company. Casting is by Taylor Williams.
The work follows its titular character, a rich, young girl who finds there's nothing more powerful on social media than your classmate dying tragically young. Press notes promise audiences can expect a work that "plunges into the ecstasy and ennui of a generation raised on true crime, reality TV, and social media."
Randall is a relatively new playwright to the scene, though her play Little Miss Ransom played a sold-out run in Bushwick last year. “My interest as a writer is over the series of complex questions that arise when a woman is declared to be 'difficult' or 'evil,'" Randall said in an earlier statement. "I often ask myself how can I objectively play both sides of a character’s morality, and where do those lines blur with an audience’s predeterminations around the ideas presented?”
Alex Keegan is directing, leading a creative team that includes scenic designer Frank J. Oliva, lighting designer Paige Seber, costume designer Lily Cunicelli, and video designer Erin Sullivan.
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Ella Stiller and Chiara Aurelia in Dilaria
Ella Stiller and Chiara Aurelia in Dilaria
Ella Stiller and Chiara Aurelia in Dilaria
Chiara Aurelia and Ella Stiller in Dilaria
Christopher Briney in Dilaria
Chiara Aurelia in Dilaria
Christopher Briney in Dilaria
