strays
a staged reading of a new play by anita parrott
directed by brennan urbi 
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Monday, December 8th, 2025
American Mime Theatre
Harlem Hanover, a retired Olympic volleyball player, adopts three kids to teach them her life’s philosophy: winning. A gritty maelstrom of betrayal and uncertainty, strays explores what one passes on to their children and the true cost of a champion mindset. ​

Program Bios Here
​Actors: Ayla Marie Decaire, Anita Parrott, India Shea, Tommy Vines

ANITA PARROTT (Playwright) is a theater-maker and former NCAA Division I Volleyball Player from Houston, Texas. As a writer and performer, Parrott is devoted to black, queer stories and fully exploring (especially in absurd extremis) the ways human beings relate to each other. Their work continues to explore and broaden the tether between whimsy and necessity, between themselves and their ancestry, and between art and liberation. Parrott is a third-year MFA actor at Columbia University School of the Arts, and their plays have been produced in Pittsburgh, PA, and in NYC at The Tank, The Brick, and at Columbia SOA.
www.anitaparrott.net 

BRENNAN URBI (Director) B is a deviser who works with community members and actors alike to build a process specific to the questions and skill sets of the group. B’s NYC Credits include (un)belonging*, Blood Grudge, Electric World, My Best Friend's Cabaret, Singing Lessons, iii sisters, Connection is Unstable, The Munchies, Leo’s Requiem and Alley Between the House. In Chicago, B directed Half-Baked, The Beauty of Your Eyes and Civics and Humanities and assisted productions including Spring Awakening, Children of Eden, Hair and Another Room in Your Head. B is a 3rd Year MFA Directing student at Columbia University, a 2022 recipient of the Neo-Futurist Artist of Color scholarship, and earned a BFA in Acting from the Chicago College of Performing Art. Founding member of Pick Six. www.brennanurbi.com @brennan_urbi