Soho Rep. has added the world premiere of while you were partying to its 2019鈥�2020 programming (which is currently underway with the world premiere of Wold Play by Hansol Jung). Co-created by theatremakers Peter Mills Weiss and Julia Mounsey, with comedian Brian Fiddyment, the show was developed in Soho Rep.'s 2017鈥�2019 Writer/Director Lab.
While you were partying (which takes its title from an Internet meme) is described as a "a bombastic, comedic, and fantastical exploration of impotence, trauma, and the true cost of healing."
Further details, including casting, will be announced at a later date. Performances will run June 9鈥揓uly 5 at Soho Rep.
Mounsey and Weiss' process includes asking their collaborators to play versions of themselves. They begin with improvisation, write in rehearsals, and work closely with designers throughout a show's development. Their most recent work, [50/50] Old School Animation, written with Mo Fry Pasic and Sophie Weisskoff and performed at Under the Radar at The Public Theater in 2019.
The Writer/Director Lab, currently co-chaired by Fairview playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury and William Burke, is one of Soho Rep.'s signature initiatives, in which four pairs of early-career artists generate new works over an 18-month period. Alumni include Annie Baker, Will Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Anne Washburn, and David Adjmi, whose Marie Antoinette was also written in the Lab.
