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Dinner Party

Dinner Party
Written by Reina Macias
Directed by Tyrel Jackson Williams

2026 StrasbergWORKS Selection

May 7 – 9, 2026 | The Marilyn Monroe Theatre

SYNOPSIS: Six friends gather for a celebratory dinner party, but what starts as a sitcom-style hang quickly fractures as tensions around womanhood, race, masculinity, and the quiet pressure placed on young Black and Brown adults to “stay strong” emerge. Secrets surface, old wounds reopen, and the friends are forced to confront who they’ve become and who they’re afraid of becoming.

FEATURING
Melanie Berry, Reece Dobbs, Jervaris Etienne, Reina Macias, Gavin McGinn, Valentina Rubio, Dylan Speirs, Scarlett Strasberg, and Jeremy Watson