Alissa Klusky

Alissa Klusky is a dramaturg, director, and community programmer based in the DC area. Alissa's work focuses on engaging with the whys of producing theater with and for local communities. No matter what multi-hyphenate role she is filling "advocating for joyous discoveries" is at the center of what she does as an artist. She currently facilitates the Theatre Washington Mentorship Program, a program for artists of all ages and all stages that matches participants with mentors in the DC-area. Past work includes: NNPN Producer-in-Residence at Theater Alliance (2023-2024). Dramaturgy Associate/Production Dramaturg for the 21-22 season at Olney Theater Center. Guest Artist at Kennedy Center Directing Intensive (2022). LMDA Conference Scholar (2022). Alissa has interned with Samuel French...

Alissa Klusky is a dramaturg, director, and community programmer based in the DC area. Alissa's work focuses on engaging with the whys of producing theater with and for local communities. No matter what multi-hyphenate role she is filling "advocating for joyous discoveries" is at the center of what she does as an artist. She currently facilitates the Theatre Washington Mentorship Program, a program for artists of all ages and all stages that matches participants with mentors in the DC-area. Past work includes: NNPN Producer-in-Residence at Theater Alliance (2023-2024). Dramaturgy Associate/Production Dramaturg for the 21-22 season at Olney Theater Center. Guest Artist at Kennedy Center Directing Intensive (2022). LMDA Conference Scholar (2022). Alissa has interned with Samuel French, Clubbed Thumb, and Ojai Playwrights Conference.

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  • This play is wonderfully funny and feels like a dream unfolding and winding, ruminating on the themes of what it means to live, die, and what to do with all the moments in between. I haven't been able to get it out of my mind since reading it. It touches on the essential fears and hopes that drive us and does so with an incredibly unique voice. I would be thrilled to see a production of this piece, if only to sit with my own grief and existentialism on a night where I know I'll also laugh.

    This play is wonderfully funny and feels like a dream unfolding and winding, ruminating on the themes of what it means to live, die, and what to do with all the moments in between. I haven't been able to get it out of my mind since reading it. It touches on the essential fears and hopes that drive us and does so with an incredibly unique voice. I would be thrilled to see a production of this piece, if only to sit with my own grief and existentialism on a night where I know I'll also laugh.

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    I desperately would love to see this play again; it has stayed with me since I saw it in 2019 and I continue to come back to it when I want to be reminded about how powerful comedy can be in revealing deep and resonant truths. I've never laughed and cried simultaneously in the theater like at this play. I adore it and I'll never look at my lunches (or being a public defender) the same way.

    I desperately would love to see this play again; it has stayed with me since I saw it in 2019 and I continue to come back to it when I want to be reminded about how powerful comedy can be in revealing deep and resonant truths. I've never laughed and cried simultaneously in the theater like at this play. I adore it and I'll never look at my lunches (or being a public defender) the same way.

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    A witty, meaningful, and engaging piece that tackles the subject matter (grief, infertility, family and relationships, abortion, adoption, pandemic) with the utmost care. These characters are deeply human and I fell in love with each of them. This play will make many different kinds of people feel seen and has the potential to start powerful community dialogue. Bravo, Alli!

    A witty, meaningful, and engaging piece that tackles the subject matter (grief, infertility, family and relationships, abortion, adoption, pandemic) with the utmost care. These characters are deeply human and I fell in love with each of them. This play will make many different kinds of people feel seen and has the potential to start powerful community dialogue. Bravo, Alli!

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    If Kimberly Belflower has a playwright super power it's the ability to be so disarmingly honest that it cuts you right to the core. This play cut me right to the core and split me open in the best way. It made me giggle and it made me cry and it made me want to watch something on Zoom again (which is a feat). I want to give this character a big hug and be her best friend in the whole wide world. TL;DR - this is beautiful.

    If Kimberly Belflower has a playwright super power it's the ability to be so disarmingly honest that it cuts you right to the core. This play cut me right to the core and split me open in the best way. It made me giggle and it made me cry and it made me want to watch something on Zoom again (which is a feat). I want to give this character a big hug and be her best friend in the whole wide world. TL;DR - this is beautiful.

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    Agyeiwaa's ability to capture the nooks, crannies and intersections of friendship, identity, and the possibilities of motherhood is incredible. This is a highly relevant and produceable ten-minute play that gives you a window into the lives of two funny and interesting young black women whose friendship shines through. The humor peppered throughout the piece is just as masterful as the way these women navigate discussions of privilege within their community and their hope for the future.

    Agyeiwaa's ability to capture the nooks, crannies and intersections of friendship, identity, and the possibilities of motherhood is incredible. This is a highly relevant and produceable ten-minute play that gives you a window into the lives of two funny and interesting young black women whose friendship shines through. The humor peppered throughout the piece is just as masterful as the way these women navigate discussions of privilege within their community and their hope for the future.

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