Dead to Us
A new play by Malikah Stafford
Directed by Stephanie Rolland
The 2025 Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission
December 11 – 13, 2025 | The Irma Sandrey Theatre
SYNOPSIS: A fractured friend group is forced to confront the truth about their cruelty, jealousy, and complicity after the death of one of their own. Two weeks after Arya, a talented, outspoken member of their college theatre cohort, dies mysteriously in her sleep, the surviving friends reunite at a remote cabin under the guise of celebrating a birthday. As tensions resurface and old wounds reopen, the Angels of Death hover above, ensuring that the cosmic balance of chaos, truth, and consequence is maintained. What begins as a celebration soon spirals into a reckoning, forcing each friend to face the roles they played in her downfall.
STARRING
Hannah Beemer, Taylor Fuchs, Jessica Lavoie, Madeline Lowe, Clara Petry, Julia Poll, Sophia Pontet, Jose Romero, Valentina Rubio, Dylan Speirs, Evelyn Wherry, Sydni Leah Williams