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Dinner Party

2026 StrasbergWORKS Selection

Six friends gather for a celebratory dinner party, but what starts as a sitcom-style hang quickly fractures as tensions emerge.

The Minutes

A sharp dark comedy from Tracy Letts, The Minutes unfolds in real time at a local council meeting as hypocrisy, greed, and buried secrets make their way to the surface.

Dead to Us

Dead to Us (2025)
By Malikah Stafford

A fractured friend group is forced to confront their past after the death of one of their own. As tensions resurface and old wounds reopen, the Angels of Death hover above.

Big Love

Fifty runaway brides, fifty determined grooms, and a wedding day that goes spectacularly wrong.

The Cherry Orchard

NYU Strasberg students bring David Mamet’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard to life.

The Crucible

In the conservative town of Anywhere, USA, paranoia and accusations of witchcraft spread through the community.

Dry Fall

2025 StrasbergWORKS Selection

In a post-apocalyptic California desert, a troupe of strangers fights to survive in a world conquered and destroyed.

The Pittsburgh Free Press

The Pittsburgh Free Press (2024)
By Dan Giles

When a junior reporter decides to pursue a story against her editor’s wishes, her actions have unforeseen consequences for the alt weekly where she works, and for the staff doing everything they can to keep it alive.

Significant Other

Jordan Berman would love to be in love, but that’s easier said than done. So until he meets Mr. Right, he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close girlfriends.

Fahrenheit 451

Adapted by Ray Bradbury from his own classic novel, Fahrenheit 451 is set in a dystopian future where books are banned and “firemen” burn them to suppress free thought.

Falkland’s Law

2024 StrasbergWORKS Selection

Four high-schoolers reunite at their elementary school playground to grapple with the loss of their best friend.

Gypsy

The Lee Strasberg Institute presents Arthur Laurents’ classic musical, Gypsy!

The Invitation

After auditioning for the role of a lifetime, eight actors receive a mysterious invite: Salutations. The Director was so pleased with your work and invites you to dine. Come hungry.

i’m sorry for your trouble

i’m sorry for your trouble (2023)
By Aniello Fontano

Joe is dead. Really dead. So tonight, four hours after her funeral, Joe’s childhood friends are gathering at their neighborhood bar.

Quinn the Magnificent

2023 StrasbergWORKS Selection

Twelve-year-old Quinn wants his mother’s new boyfriend gone. But Jay is on to him, and Quinn’s usual strategies aren’t working.

Assassins

A joint production between the Institute and NYU Tisch at Strasberg, LSTFI presents Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins!

Lisa

Lisa (2022)
By Dylan Guerra

Old and new friends gather at a remote cabin to celebrate the anniversary of Lisa’s death. But something in the woods threatens the very fabric of their lives. And their other lives.

Everybody

The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute is proud to present Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ Everybody, directed by Alfonso Rey.

ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE

The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute presents Alice Birch’s Anatomy of a Suicide.