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WORLD PREMIERE OF
“DILARIA”
BY JULIA RANDALL
TO OPEN AT
NEW YORK’S DR2 THEATRE

STARRING
ELLA STILLER, CHIARA AURELIA, AND CHRISTOPHER BRINEY

DIRECTED BY ALEX KEEGAN

8 WEEKS ONLY
PERFORMANCES BEGIN ON JUNE 13
OPENING NIGHT SET FOR JUNE 18

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

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New York, NY (May 7, 2025) – Producers Nelson & Tao and Evangeline Morphos announced today the world premiere production of Julia Randall’s play, Dilaria, will open in New York this summer. Directed by Alex Keegan, Dilaria will star Ella Stiller and Chiara Aurelia (Hysteria! Luckiest Girl Alive, Fear Street), as well as People’s Choice Awards nominee Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Mean Girls, Dalíland). Performances begin on Thursday, June 13, 2025, with an opening night set for June 18, 2025, at the DR2 Theatre (105 E. 15^th St.).

Tickets are on sale now at www.dilaria.com and Telecharge at www.telecharge.com.

Producers Benjamin Nelson, David Thomas Tao, and Evangeline Morphos commented, “Julia Randall has written a play that speaks urgently, with brutal candor and unerring wit, to this specific moment. We are overjoyed to have this opportunity to add her brilliant voice to the chorus currently helping to redefine Off Broadway for a new generation of theatergoers.”

The creative team for Dilaria includes Frank J. Oliva (set design), Paige Seber (lighting design), Lily Cunicelli (costume design), Erin Sullivan (video design). Casting is by Taylor Williams, with marketing by Invasive Studios.

Headshots for the cast and playwright can be found HERE.

BIOGRAPHIES

Julia Randall (Playwright) is a born and bred New York writer and actor. Her work is celebrated for its fresh, dangerous and playful approach to contemporary storytelling. Her play Little Miss Ransom had a sold out run in Bushwick in April, 2024. Her short film BITCHHH, which she also acted in, will be in production this fall, directed by J. Tinneny. “My interest as a writer is over the series of complex questions that arise when a woman is declared to be “difficult” or “evil.” 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 (Director) is a director whose recent work includes the world premiere of Manning by Benjamin Benne (Portland Stage), Maiden Voyage by Cayenne Douglass (The Flea), Affinity co-adapted with Ryan Adelsheim from Sarah Waters’ novel (Yale Drama), and new work in development with Primary Stages, NYTW Adelphi Residency, Ars Nova ANT Fest, New Georges, Rattlestick, Yale Cabaret, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Currently, she’s a member of the WP Lab, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, and on faculty at Wesleyan University. She’s a recipient of an EST/Sloan Project Commission, a former directing fellow at The Drama League, Rattlestick Theater, and Geva Theatre Center, and an alum of The Civilians R&D Group, Roundabout Directors Group, Williamstown Directing Corps, and Lincoln Center Directors Lab. MFA: Yale School of Drama. alex-keegan.com

Ella Stiller (Dilaria) recently wrapped on Driver’s Ed, starring Sam Nivola and directed by Bobby Farrelly. She also wrapped on Happy Gilmore 2, starring Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, and Christopher McDonald. She will also appear in Season 3 of “And Just Like That,” the revival and sequel of the HBO television series “Sex and the City.”  She is a recent graduate of Juilliard.

Chiara Aurelia (Georgia) was just seen as a lead in the Peacock series “Hysteria!” where she starred alongside Anna Camp and Julie Bowen. Chiara also starred in the co-lead role of “Young Ani” in Netflix’s adaptation of Luckiest Girl Alive, from executive producer Bruna Papandrea and director Mike Barker. She played the younger version of Mila Kunis in the gripping feature portrayal of Jessica Knoll’s bestselling novel of the same name. The film occupied the #1 spot globally on Netflix for 4 weeks upon its release. Aurelia starred opposite Finn Wittrock and Connie Britton. Chiara was also seen in Netflix’s hugely successful horror trilogy, Fear Street, opposite Sadie Sink. Recently, Aurelia lent her voice to lead the Nancy Kerrigan x PictureStart Audio series Fire & Ice.

Aurelia also led the critically acclaimed Freeform/Hulu thriller series “Cruel Summer,” created by Bert Royal and executive produced by Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple. The series marked Freeform’s highest rated multi-platform series premiere in history and Aurelia was recently nominated for a 2022 Critics Choice Award for her performance in the series. Chiara can also be seen starring opposite Lily Rabe in the Amazon limited series “Tell Me Your Secrets,” also from executive producer Bruna Papandrea.

Chiara was a supporting lead in the feature film Back Roads (Tribeca 2018) opposite Alex Pettyfer who also directed. She portrayed young Carla Gugino in the Netflix adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Gerald’s Game. Additional feature credits include Big Sky alongside Kyra Sedgwick and Frank Grillo, and We Are Your Friends for Warner Bros.

Christopher Briney (Noah) is rising quickly in the ranks of Hollywood’s leading men, distinguishing himself with a variety of nuanced, memorable performances. He is best-known for his starring role as “Conrad Fisher” in Amazon’s hit series “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” based on the popular, bestselling book series of the same title. Season three will premiere in Summer 2025. Briney recently starred as “Aaron Samuels” in Paramount’s highly anticipated Mean Girls movie musical, produced by Lorne Michaels and Tina Fey. Briney made his film debut starring opposite Sir Ben Kingsley in Dalíland as “James,” Dalí’s young gallery assistant who is thrust into the vibrant but turbulent NY art scene of the 1970s. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto Film festival. Briney grew up in Connecticut before moving to New York to attend Pace University where he received a BFA in Acting for Film, TV, Voiceover and Commercial.

DR2 (Theater) was founded by producer Daryl Roth in 1996 and comprises two exceptional venues. The unique main theatre space is currently home to the Off-Broadway hit Titanique. The DRT was one of the first performing arts venues to reopen its doors during the pandemic with the esteemed production of Blindness by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago. Other notable shows that have made their home at the DRT; In & Of Itself created by Derek DelGaudio and directed by Frank Oz (now on Hulu), Hannah Gadsby’s Douglas, Gloria: A Life and Cyrano (with Peter Dinklage). The DRT hosted De La Guarda and Fuerza Bruta, which played an exceptional combined 14 years. The intimate DR2 has been home to critically acclaimed shows such as All the Devils Are Here performed by Patrick Page, Everything’s Fine written and performed by Douglas McGrath and directed by John Lithgow, Accidentally Brave, Still and A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, as well as our DR2 Kids programming that introduces the youngest patrons to the theatre, including Paddington Bear and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Darylroththeatre.com

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