JULY 2024

Written by Ryan Spahn
Developed by Michael Urie
Directed by Michael Herwitz

In the green room of a community theater in Rochester, the Uptown Players are getting ready to play to a full house after opening to rave reviews the night before. When their star actor arrives in a dangerously unhinged state, they must improvise on and off stage in ways they could not have imagined. By turns hilarious, harrowing, and horrifying, Inspired By True Events follows a tenacious group of show people who must determine at what cost the show must go on.

Inspired By True Events received development workshops with New York Stage & Film, The Vineyard Theatre and EST.

the Creative team

  • Ryan Spahn

    Writer

  • Michael Herwitz

    Director

  • Lucy Panush

    Associate Director

  • Lindsay G. Fuori

    Scenic Designer

  • Siena Zoë Allen

    Costume Designer

  • Germán Martínez

    Sound Designer

  • Lighting Designer

  • Jack DiFalco

    as Colin

  • Lou Liberatore

    as Robert

  • Mallory Portnoy

    as Eileen

  • Dana Scurlock

    as Mary