Off-Broadway's Dilaria is getting a new star. Tessa Albertson will succeed Chiara Aurelia as Georgia in the Julia Randall play beginning July 15. Aurelia is departing to join the cast of Broadway's John Proctor is the Villain, as previously announced.
Albertson has previously been seen Off-Broadway in All Nighter, I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, and The Low Road, and Shrek on Broadway. On screen, she starred as Caitlin Miller on Younger.
The play continues its run at DR2 Theatre, where it opened June 18.
Albertson will join a cast including Ella Stiller as Dilaria and Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Mean Girls) as Noah. 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
