in chief
Written by Ally Duvak
Directed by Cecilia Bracey
Asst Directed by Anna Item
September 2025
The Tank
Photos by Coltrane Cho
Lighting Design by Eli Goldberg
Sound Design by James Woods
Featuring Rafael Benzi Lyrio, Alexa Bird, Sophie Brubaker, Remidy Dixon, Austin Doughty, Halle Kaufax, and Blessid NiaYemi
The editor-in-chief of a college newspaper tries in vain to keep the status quo intact as the impending 2016 presidential election looms large over the United States. While all eyes are on the national stage, problems strike much closer to home, threatening to upend not just the newspaper, but the very identities of its editors. This independently produced production brought a new version of the script to the off-off-Broadway scene in New York City.
Read in chief on the New Play Exchange here
