Tonight's the night: SoHo Playhouse at 7pm - Sunday, August 10th

Louise Schwarz
2 days ago
2 min read

Sanford Silver Productions

in association with Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents

CONTROL OF THE DIRT

A tragicomedy of grief, schemes, and laundry detergent

A new play by Louise Schwarz**

Directed by Andrea Andresakis^

Sunday, August 10, 2025 7:00 PM

SoHo Playhouse – 15 Vandam St, New York, NY 10013

With:

Ezra Barnes*, Linda Kuriloff*, Margeaux Lampley, Elizabeth O' Malley, and Wendy Waring*

SM: Megan Reed

Join us for a poignant and darkly humorous staged reading that explores family dynamics, secrets, and the tug-of-war over one woman’s legacy (and her laundry detergent).

Synopsis:

Vanessa, a grieving college counselor, is struggling to evict her chaotic and manipulative sister-in-law, Selina, who has overstayed her welcome after the death of Vanessa’s wife. Meanwhile, Vanessa unknowingly counsels a student whose father is dating Selina, creating a tangled web of personal and professional boundaries. As secrets unravel, Vanessa must navigate the ethics of her role while reclaiming control of her home and her grief. This sharp tragicomedy explores loss, love, and the limits of empathy with wit and heart.

Followed by our renowned "Dollars and Sense" industry talkback with R.K. Greene of The Storyline Project, producer (Beau the Musical; previous: Harmony, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Lightning Thief tour, Farinelli and the King, A Time to Kill, Cougar: The Musical, Room Service); Jeremy Handelman(two-time Tony Award nominated producer: The Kite Runner, John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons, revival of On the Town; Off Broadway and regional productions of Brooklyn Crush, White’s Lies, The Chekhov Dreams), founder of Off The Leash Productions, a marketing and entertainment video company whose work includes promos and performance shoots; Bradley Reynolds, producer (Tony, Olivier and Drama Desk nominated producer: It's Only A Play, Something Rotten!, Hand To God, Mothers and Sons, the revivals of West Side Story and Ragtime; West End: Master Class, Hand to God,Blind Date); Janel Scarborough, producer/creative investor (Single Black Female, Thoughts of a Colored Man, Tony nominated revival for colored girls...), co-founder TRU Diversity.