Studio season Fall 2025
A Call to India
By Julie Casamonti
Directed by Josh Hightower
October 2nd - 4th
A play with human rain, and phones that never get picked up. Two sisters in their twenties try to rebalance their lives after their mother's sudden flee to India. Looking to find purpose and identity, Jen and Mailey embark on distinct but parallel journeys to their own final “call”. Jen dipping her fingers in poetry writes rain that comes to life, Mailey on the other hand discovers her sexuality. The audience is lucky to meet the secondary characters of their lives including a woman of seduction, a delusional ex boyfriend, and a handyman, not always so handy. The audience will have the chance to experience a personification of rain as an ensemble of five actors. Big words, pretty fights and a thin 4th wall.
To reach Fordham Theatre Box Office, email us at fclcboxoffice@gmail.com or call 212.636.6340.
Blackout
By Catherine Otero
Directed by Aiden Castillo
October 2nd - 4th
Emilia has returned back home to rekindle her relationship with her family after being away for so long. However, she also comes bearing big news and a decision that could change her relationship with her family forever. In attempts to break the news to her boisterous, melodramatic, and technologically reliant family, the power goes out due to a hurricane occurring outside of the confines of their living room. Without any technology to distract themselves, this family has nothing to do except talk to one another. Will this opportunity to truthfully engage with one another strengthen or destroy their dynamic?
To reach Fordham Theatre Box Office, email us at fclcboxoffice@gmail.com or call 212.636.6340.
Birdwatching
Written and directed by John Stengel
October 9th-11th
Young Wall Street executive Peter moves into an apartment, only to find it already occupied by the Artificial Intelligence in his fridge. Driven by loneliness and a need for connection, Peter and the AI quickly develop a friendship that threatens both of their worldviews. The play deals with questions of humanity and love, asking: what happens when our AI feels more human than us.
To reach Fordham Theatre Box Office, email us at fclcboxoffice@gmail.com or call 212.636.6340.
STraight WHite Men
By Young Jean Lee
Directed by Lynn Cheng
October 9th - 11th
When Ed and his three adult sons come together to celebrate Christmas, they enjoy cheerful trash-talking, pranks, and takeout Chinese. Then they confront a problem that even being a happy family can’t solve: When identity matters, and privilege is problematic, what is the value of being a straight white man?
To reach Fordham Theatre Box Office, email us at fclcboxoffice@gmail.com or call 212.636.6340.
Machinal
By Sophie Tredwell
Directed by Sophia Gayoso-Nordling
November 12-14
Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal is a groundbreaking 1928 expressionist play inspired by the real-life trial of Ruth Snyder. Told through nine episodic scenes, her journey captures the suffocating pressures of a capitalist, patriarchal society—from an unwanted marriage and motherhood to a brief, liberating affair. With poetic dialogue and bold theatrical techniques, Machinal explores themes of gender, conformity, and repression, remaining a timeless and haunting portrayal of a woman crushed by the machinery of modern life.
To reach Fordham Theatre Box Office, email us at fclcboxoffice@gmail.com or call 212.636.6340.
THE B IS FOR BABY
By Rooke Lewis
Directed by Adeline Blue
December 4th-6th
A friends-turned-family group of roommates figure out how to reorganize their lives and other relationships after one of them unexpectedly gets custody of an infant. A piece rooted in community care, The B is for Baby imagines a queer utopia within the walls of a single apartment.
To reach Fordham Theatre Box Office, email us at fclcboxoffice@gmail.com or call 212.636.6340.