A work-in-progress of an exciting existential comedy
About the Event
We are pleased to present the first public reading of “Inside/Outside", an exciting new play written by emerging American playwright Aida Garrido and directed by New York–based Romanian director Alexandru Mihail, which merges the theater of the absurd with screwball comedy to probe the fine line between fact and fiction. A young woman escapes the confines of an impending marriage to discover the real world — and her true self along with it. The workshop performance will be followed by a conversation with the creative team. Join the author, director and cast as well as other theater professionals in their effort to revise and reimagine the play and become part of the direct and intimate process that will shape the outcome.
INSIDE/OUTSIDE
Written by: Aida Garrido
Director: Alexandru Mihail
Performers: Kelsey Collins, Max Green
Running time: 90 minutes
Language: English
Free entry, RSVP required (seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis).
Meet the Creative Team
AIDA GARRIDO is an archivist and playwright, holding a BA in History from Princeton University and an MA in Film Preservation from the University of Amsterdam. “Inside/Outside” is her second full-length play. Her first full-length play, “Schiller's Death”, was developed and produced by the Drama League, New York and the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton. She has also written and produced short radio dramas for WPRB and WRTC. An inaugural selection of her poetry will be published in the third issue of the New York literary magazine, Strange Matters.
ALEXANDRU MIHAIL is a theater director, graduate of Romania’s National University of Theater and Film and Yale University - School of Drama (Master of Fine Arts in Directing). He has directed shows in both Romania and the United States, diverse in style and genre, but always fueled by the desire to engage in a direct dialogue with the community they address and to challenge social taboos. He won the debut award of the most prestigious theatrical competition in Romania, UNITER, in 2006 and went on to work successfully on important Romanian stages like Odeon Theater, Comedy Theater and Metropolis Theater, before receiving a Fulbright scholarship in 2009 to study directing at Yale. After graduating in 2013, he settled in New York, where he worked as a director and professor. In 2014, he won the prestigious Drama League Directing Fellowship, which was followed in 2015 by New York Theatre Workshop Fellowship. He has staged shows in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey. He teaches directing and acting, and his productions have been presented at Princeton University, New York University, Bard College, and University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
KELSEY COLLINS is a New York City-based actress originally from Liberyville, Illinois. She graduated in 2024 from SUNY Purchase Conservatory with a BFA in Acting. In June 2024, she won Best Actress at the Astoria Film Festival for her role in the short film "Writing You Down". Kelsey is a multidisciplinary artist who paints, produces films, and leads improvisation workshops.
MAX GREEN is an actor born and raised in Austin, Texas. He is a graduate of Bard College with a master's degree in Acting from the University of Texas. His previous roles, in Texas and New York, include Lt. Cooper in King of Hearts, Seth in Always a Boy, Jeff in Lobby Hero, Mr. Wormwood in Matilda: The Musical, The Professor in Baker's Wife, Sir Andrew in Twelfth Night, Charlie in The Stranger and many others.
