THE MALL THE MALL THE MALL

February 26th - March 22nd
There will be two previews prior to the show’s opening on February 28th.

By Philip Kenner
Directed by James Wyrwicz
Christian & Eliza Lange as Co-Producers
Production Manager- Liz Coulter
Stage Manager- Ellie Berry
Set Design - Benny Pitt
Lighting Design - Vittoria Orlando
Costume Design - Patricia Marjorie
Sound Design - Kurt Cruz
Fight Choreography by Daniel Light

Naomi, Viv, and Charlie spend their Friday nights at the mall, but this night is special: there is new Buffy the Vampire Slayer merchandise at Hot Topic, and Naomi is determined to get her hands on it. When the best friends discover that thieves have brutally ransacked the Hot Topic, they embark on a mission to save the merchandise. Along the way, they uncover a deeper conspiracy, and evil forces emerge to ensnare the teenagers. Their allegiances to each other are called into question, and when all hope seems lost, Naomi must fight back or risk losing her friends to the mall forever.

THE MALL THE MALL THE MALL is an adventure comedy about a group of teenagers who uncover an evil conspiracy at their local shopping mall and must fight their way – video game style – through Hollister, Hot Topic, Build-A-Bear, and more to save their beloved mall. An unapologetic love letter to nerd culture and food courts, THE MALL^3 is both a laugh-packed nostalgia fest and an earnest meditation on what it meant to grow up at the dawn of the digital age.

Tickets

Philip Kenner [Playwright/Co-Producer]

Philip Kenner (he/they) is an NYC-based writer from New Rochelle, NY. His plays have been produced by RoleCall Theater, The Performance Interface Lab, The Greenhouse Theater, Dixon Place, and Playwrights Downtown. He has had readings with Playwrights Horizons, Book Culture, Theatre Zoomed to You, and the Jermyn Street Theatre in London, and three of his short plays have been published in CRY HAVOC’s HAVOC for the Holidays series. His debut poetry chapbook, BOYSTUFF, was published by Glass Poetry Press in 2025, and his poem “Stand & Repent” is currently a nominee for a 2025 Best of the Net award. His poetry has been published in SWING, Fruitslice, Kitchen Table Quarterly Milk Press, Cordite Poetry Review, poetry.onl, Colectivo Tabú, and elsewhere. Philip was previously a staff reader at Playwrights Horizons, and he was the Program Administrator for the Sundance Institute’s 2020 Theatre Lab. Philip has taught screenwriting at Northwestern University and playwriting at NYU Tisch and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He has an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University and a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch. philkenner.com.

**James Wyrwicz [*Director*]**

James Wyrwicz (he/him) is a director and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. Recent directing credits include: Is This a Theater of Love? (or just a hellscape of masks?) (Life World), I Love You, Jesus Christ! (The Tank), Dreamboat (Dixon Place), All’s Well That Ends Well (The Brick), Mr. Long (Frigid Festival) Other Credits: Your Changing Body (Ars Nova Digital ANT Fest, Co-Director with Ana Verde), The Age You Start Loosing Friends (Short Film, Co-writer with director Jenna Rossman). Assistant: The Undertaking (The Civilians/59E59, Steve Cosson)

Anna Bowman [Co-Producer]

Anna Bowman (she/they) is a NYC-based performer, producer, and theatre educator from Nashville, TN. Her New York credits include staged readings for John Proctor is the Villain with Farm Theater and ALLY with Broomstick Theatre Company. Additional credits include various productions at South Carolina Children’s Theatre: Alice, The Spongebob Musical, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, and Wake Up, Brother Bear. In 2023, she worked with Des McAnuff at the South Carolina New Play Festival on The Essential Alice, written by Anne Weisman and Michael Friedman. Her collaborative performance art piece, “One Trick Pony,” premiered at Rattlesnake Magazine's “Here on Out” exhibition in July 2023 and was featured at the 2024 ArtFields Festival in Lake City, SC. She earned her B.A. in Theatre and English from Furman University and trained in devised physical theatre at Double Edge Theatre. Learn more at aelizbowman.com.

Skye Pagon [Co-Producer]

Skye Pagon (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based producer, director, and arts administrator. She received her BFA in Drama from New York University, where she first fell in love with telling epically theatrical stories in curious and intimate spaces. She is a resident producer for the actor-lead company, Atomi Theatre Collective, and has produced shows and events at Lincoln Center, the Tada! Youth Theater, and Hedgepig Ensemble. She served as a founding Curator for Expand the Canon, an annual shortlist of classical plays aimed at expanding gender diversity in the classical theater canon. She currently works on the Programming team at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Member of the WP Producers’ Lab, 2024-2026.

Mahayla Laurence [VIV/Co-Producer]

Mahayla Laurence (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist, theatermaker, and educator with a penchant for genre-expansive work. In addition to performing, Mahayla regularly facilitates creative development programs, directs independent theater projects all over NYC, teaches playwriting to K-5th graders through Chautauqua Institution’s Young Playwrights Project, seasonally roams the country with The Story Pirates Tour, and generally sort of obsesses over plants. Recent work has been seen: Ars Nova, HERE Arts, The Bushwick Starr, Space at Irondale, Radio City Music Hall, Clubbed Thumb, The Brick, & Smith Street Stage. Mahayla is also a certified breathwork practitioner and an uncertified nerd. mahaylalaurence.com

**Ellena Eshraghi [*NAOMI*]**

Ellena Eshraghi (she/her) is a New York based writer, actor, and filmmaker. A graduate of NYU Tisch with degrees in Drama and Dramatic Writing, Ellena made her stage debut off-broadway with Ars Nova’s 'HOUND DOG' and her screen debut in Paramount’s 'Mean Girls.' Her films have screened at venues across New York, with her recent short, ‘Oh! A Phantom All My Life,’ making its premier at Nighthawk Cinema. She is currently in post-production for her next film ‘My Least Favorite Shape.’ You can catch her doing comedy with her group EEK. She’d like to thank Chumbawamba for writing Tubthumping.

Trent M. Williams [CHARLIE]

Trent M. Williams (he/him) is thrilled to return to the stage for his professional New York City debut. He is known for his work in the Amazon Prime Video drama series Dead Ringers (2023), the Apple TV series Dear Edward (2023), and the short film Character Actors (2024). He received his MFA from NYU Grad Acting in 2020 and has spent the past five years working as a middle school teacher and director in the East Village.