https://www.cassieahiers.com/welcome daily 1.0 2020-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607881410406-TYK5QHUZCTNYXEJLBK93/Digby+Direct+10.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607889892845-XYJWTF6SH4WK402BPGNN/Digby+Direct+6.jpg Home https://www.cassieahiers.com/theatre daily 0.75 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607884949044-7BMO44BF7NGTOBM38ENX/Totally+Ridiculous-1853.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/7f20e89c-b58a-4de2-9583-f88b54311411/Poster+1920+x+1080.jpg Theater - Todd Macabre For over a decade, Ian Bratschie has haunted the LA clown scene as both performer and teacher, and now he unleashes his beautifully deranged solo show onto the Hollywood Fringe Festival like a lightning bolt into Frankenstein’s lab. Born with a deep obsession for the gothic and grotesque—from Jekyll and Hyde to Mary Shelley—Ian invites you into a fog-drenched dreamscape where classic horror collides with modern vulnerability. Cloaked in a cape and crowned with a top hat he has no business wearing, Ian becomes Todd Macabre, your unreliable narrator, leading you through the eerie woods of his neurodivergent mind. This is clowning at its most exposed: a wild, theatrical autopsy of queerness, internal battles, and the strange joy that lives in unearthing the truth, even when it terrifies you. Directed by Cassie Ahiers Written by and starring Ian Bratschie The Madnani Theater, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926487661-YZHH393F4E7WTFVD02UP/1.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926584025-XS7IS0KBB6QP5AXJ165H/2.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926507175-OQ1JEN7PKBJNMASOXBH7/11.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926515555-H167CY33OHMCDP1M5MZN/Screenshot+2025-09-03+at+2.08.02%E2%80%AFPM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926551597-PPXIJPPNIUKY1MLQS1C2/6.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926559059-ZM4A039XD18MA7FB2EHC/5.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926883493-FMZUPVADN18OBOLOO9OD/Screenshot+2025-09-03+at+2.14.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926718732-JDXT2EG7J22QBXE9AOHA/Screenshot+2025-09-03+at+2.11.30%E2%80%AFPM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926850795-D25W5031NSBNRA5VRQQD/10.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1756926720517-FXQJ3UTPDKXRE6G0OVJR/Screenshot+2025-09-03+at+2.10.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/d375d081-59f9-4deb-b4c8-6f5e2984874f/Widdle_Women+%281920+x+1080+px%29+%281%29.png Theater - Widdle Women Widdle Women is a coming-of-age story that follows four, four-inch teens, played by four, regular-sized comedians in their mid thirties. So it’s kinda like if Louisa May Alcott got high and wrote The Borrowers. Over the course of the play, we follow the very tiny Davenport sisters as they experience fundamental moments of young woman-hood, from falling in love for the first time, to masturbating to an oversized Cosmopolitan magazine. Their relationships are complicated by intense emotions and ever-changing alliances, as they try to survive growing up together under a literal couch. Having sisters is hard... but then again, so is being sucked up by a Dyson. Written and directed by Cassie Ahiers The Elysian Theater 2024-2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398661138-H7CBWPGMWYYYCYAG2BK8/DSC00061.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398747057-E5W3J8N76PLR089WRJR7/DSC00078.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398747444-XZP8IVIMI9YH9JLBAL21/DSC00110.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398817883-UXG005SQEZTPPJPVDEN8/DSC00302-2.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398758710-LZLZ2AYE11PYL2L80SSX/DSC00240.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398819217-YS566YM78YT7KQQRQJN4/DSC00009.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398858602-PZEWKJ15MIIGEAVGG49A/DSC05647.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744398859052-HM84YVAGJL84R49I9ECD/DSC05811.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/c92e1ba6-896a-446b-8e29-d54fe1273e33/DSC09654.jpg Theater - The Mountain Digby The Brothers Grimm collected tales of a child-gobbling witch, murderous stepmothers, and a trio of self-mutilating surgeons. But The Mountain Digby is a tale so twisted that even the unflappable Grimms found it to be, "Too fucked up to include in their collection." This one-act musical follows The Digby Brothers, two outcast worm farmers, as they fight to turn a hill into a mountain and save their land, no matter the cost — or the body count. Workshops at The Hudson Theater MainStage, XIX Studios, MCL Theater Directed by Cassie Ahiers Lyrics and Book by Cassie Ahiers, Anthony Lombard, John Lombard, Alex Kliner Music by Brad Kemp, Shadow Puppetry by Karly Bergmann *Currently in development* https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888696606-J852CNW24AKAUXGHKV4T/3N8A9277.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888695880-XXTTEPW8CB0XV61QM0NK/3N8A9731.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888702533-2AQX90PVMT0PMKD83U4O/3N8A9767.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888702809-2C7K5ZHEGDUBAPCPKMMO/3N8A9667.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888779882-1QVVV1KO531L2RIWNFDL/3N8A9654.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888711357-QRFZBLVSSWKQTTHKCG2J/3N8A9632.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888711786-DIKUC4V96XBH6SUU6WLU/3N8A9446.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607888715418-5BBWGY4LRN5ODHZMRJHV/3N8A9337.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/3c027313-fb81-4ff8-b076-83d5061643d0/IMG_0862.jpg Theater - Shipping Shipping is the story of a young woman stuck on Nantucket in the 1840s, where everyone is obsessed with killing whales and praying to Quaker god…until she makes a wish on a Barnacle Bitch and grows a blowhole of her own. The Elysian Theater Directed by Cassie Ahiers Book, Lyrics by Jen Jackson, Lousia Kellogg Music by Brian Heveron-Smith 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396359520-CE6ZFC9KYAR99E3VFP4V/IMG_1355.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396429859-OF1S1HF4Q9XMX1GRCLY9/IMG_1304.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396440754-WTJJAO0C8G04W10FJ99E/IMG_1128.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396499085-JAEGGM1KM9J1AS9VJ46E/IMG_1259.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396500508-0L92PCKGNEYZQ96G1TDB/IMG_1457.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396518169-0GRE7MKTJK5Q2Q73XY28/IMG_0989.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396522042-0BAKYR122F396LZ1NTT6/IMG_0935.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744396648459-DUC5OQGAT8E75W6QLAX2/IMG_1277.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/5f3e1a47-ba1b-44e1-8bc9-7dfd70dc03ee/Fanny+1920+x+1080+%281%29.png Theater - Fanny: A Classical-Punk Musical Classical music isn’t often associated with girl-punk power trios but in Brian Heveron-Smith’s new musical, Fanny, the two mix like lemonade and six cups of coffee. Fanny tells the 100% true story (with 100% made-up scenes) of Fanny Mendelssohn - sister, editor, and muse of famed composer Felix Mendelssohn. Brian uses his classical music background to weave real music by the Mendelssohn siblings through a wild one-act, punk-rock, comedy musical. The Elysian Theater Directed by Cassie Ahiers Book, Music, Lyrics by Brian Heveron-Smith 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395353046-IZ1PWFXOJ51C07H133QZ/Fanny-5770.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395353623-CIM63H03NGBZ9T968LKF/Fanny-5834.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395420653-D7421CSLZ6N3GSN2WYHA/Fanny-5992.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395534289-XM9V8SCOSEQTW9UDOPSQ/Fanny-6131.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395657744-VHA9SZ7LH1OZ557NC2K3/Fanny-6629.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395439295-PB52PCPFIBCYTV3AWGSV/Fanny-6234.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395511564-ZWXN0KH6KF4IU977ZBO7/Fanny-6662.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1744395565182-UQBKPLQLX4E4LNN9159T/Screenshot+2025-04-11+at+11.15.17%E2%80%AFAM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/8e9f3eae-c576-4ee2-850e-658ab19922ad/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+10.52.32+AM.jpg Theater - Employees to Society Clinched in the in the tight sweaty palms of the MAN, Ricky Staffieri and Jessie Prez have been in the kitchen cooking up the brutally honest and in your face sketch review “EMPLOYEES TO SOCIETY”. In this show Ricky and Jessie drag you through the dish pit in the back of the restaurant to the corporate office on the top floor as they unravel the dark truths of how American society works you to the grave. 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Directed by Cassie Ahiers Music Direction by Nick Gage Performed by Andy Bolduc, Jo Scott, Lilliana Winkworth, Dan Bazaldua, Jules Morales, Jenelle Cheyne, Laurel Kraba 2017-2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607889301263-JVSROYQBK0S95KJ25CKD/6835_Laurel+Krabacher%2C+Jenelle+Cheyne%2C+Jo+Scott%2C+Lilliana+Winkworth+%5BPhoto+by+Tim+Schmidt%5D.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607889319012-W5JXY67U5LI03117TQBO/6675_Ian+Owens%2C+Jenelle+Cheyne%2C+Andrew+Bolduc%2C+Jo+Scott+%5BPhoto+by+Tim+Schmidt%5D.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607889313060-8C0WAOVRNX2M281BF17C/6644_Andrew+Bolduc%2C+Laurel+Krabacher%2C+Jenelle+Cheyne+%5BPhoto+by+Tim+Schmidt%5D.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607889320270-HCW5K38M9SB9CTGYE6OU/6420_Jenelle+Cheyne%2C+Jo+Scott%2C+Lilliana+Winkworth+%5BPhoto+by+Tim+Schmidt%5D.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607889380215-ZW7E00BP6SZEXCW6H0H5/0911_Dan+Bazaldua+%5BPhoto+by+Tim+Schmidt%5D.jpg Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/4cff477c-d05c-4c06-949e-f1b21923ae9a/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+11.00.19+AM.jpg Theater - Totally Ridiculous A 50-minute interactive, scriptless, completely improvised show for kids, tailored to audiences ages 5-12. Everything in this show will be made up–right on the spot! All the fun of recess (with air conditioning, and none of the running). 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What started as an attempt by the artist at finding a muse, turned into an examination of how easily we have come to accept and even romanticize the exploitation of the woman muse throughout history, and more importantly how passively we consume those representations. Links Hall Directed by Cassie Ahiers Choreography and Performance by Kristen Bernier 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607886733100-S9ZU79RTL68TA7CFF82H/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+10.56.46+AM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607886776455-ZR6OQHDRVZYU5NJ1D6FB/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+10.57.35+AM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607886782147-80JFTBA9HIVBZIP00DLI/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+10.57.13+AM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607886776214-W1CLJFZYH85AQPVBFOH4/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+10.57.24+AM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607886850932-7UV987OJW2WCYLN18L54/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+10.57.49+AM.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/017e9b93-2f4d-4797-93dc-34f861ee44c4/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+11.01.32+AM.jpg Theater - Trigger TRIGGER takes you on a hilarious exploration of chain reactions. How do the events of history impact our lives in 2016? And what price will others pay for the choices we make today? Even if you don’t know where the bullet will land, sometimes the trigger needs to be pulled. This talented cast will lead you on a trajectory from flawed presidential nominees to kids on the south side with hoop dreams- all set off with a spark of comedy. The Revival Theater Directed by Cassie Ahiers Written and Performed by Molly Ruthenberg, Shannon Noll, Wanjiku Kairu, Aadam Keeley, Terrence Carey, Sam Taylor 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607887330567-YA5DGDDQYUMX23J7IOGJ/Trigger+2.png Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607887506373-ZB01Q7GTOYEAMO2JZX6J/IMG_2947.JPG Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607887574039-TTGCFI0BMB64KVYY452Y/IMG_2930.JPG Theater https://www.cassieahiers.com/press daily 0.75 2025-06-05 https://www.cassieahiers.com/video daily 0.75 2026-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/dd7b08ac-a8d9-4503-8c08-b4f90d35afa8/BBHHTitle.jpg Video - Boy Band in a Haunted Hotel Short Film A Boy Band on the verge of breaking up must spend the night in a haunted hotel or risk losing their record deal, their tour or even their lives. It's a movie written by, directed by, and featuring a full cast of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. You're going to love it. Directed by Zach Schwartz & Cassie Ahiers Produced by Karly Bergmann & Cassie Ahiers and Partnership Resources Inc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/84827761-31ff-46c7-8291-5666bee4b002/Dylan+Hour_No+Photo_1920x1080.png Video - The Dylan Hour - Intro Podcast Directed and Edited by Cassie Ahiers D.P. - Anthony Lombard Starring Dylan Mulvaney 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/199b9ebd-6619-4162-87ee-276bc7c9a533/REMORA.Still053.jpg Video - Remora: A Modern Folktale Short Film After discovering that their fiancé has run off with The Dentist, Dylan (Kevin Cantor) finds themselves alone on the beach with nobody to share their woes with aside from surf and sandpipers. That is until a mysterious beachcomber named Randy (Grace Palmer) appears with some tough love and a new perspective. Written by Cassie Ahiers and Grace Palmer Directed by Cassie Ahiers 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1619993900588-PK1SYHT7XT7BBTD43UPC/Untitled-Artwork.jpg Video - Spiraling Spiraling, created by Cassie Ahiers and Grace Palmer, is an offbeat sketch comedy pilot that explores confidently misguided people. Each sketch features the downward spiral of its characters, from an ambitious NBA reporter to an overzealous ad duo on the verge of a social face plant. The pilot’s roster features some of the freshest comedians from Shrill (Hulu), Mrs. Fletcher (HBO), Southside (Comedy Central), Russian Doll (Netflix) and more. Directed by Cassie Ahiers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1609187204537-PQDRRR74B7JJLXCTKPR1/Screen+Shot+2020-12-28+at+12.26.29+PM.png Video - The Little Piggy Girls Comedy Music Videos Directed and Edited by Cassie Ahiers Written and Performed by Ryan Asher, Susan Glynn, Sarah Hoffman Music by Alex Kliner, Brian Heaven Smith, Anthony Lombard 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607893028669-A1GVVZVWOPF0EWXLUSIN/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+12.55.37+PM.png Video - Forgot Your Name Comedy Music Video Directed by Cassie Ahiers Written and Performed by Rivkah Reyes (FKA Becca Brown) Music by Alex Kliner 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607893485597-C67CS9GRWL6PVCDTOOXG/Ripley+%2B+Tik.png Video - Just Call Me Ripley Narrative Web Series Ripley is a directionless bagel shop employee stuck in the middle of her own directionless coming out story. She is trying to figure out if she’s gay, and much to her disappointment, no one just hands you a gay card. Meanwhile she’s stuck living with her ex fiancé, Dan, who seems to be more accepting of the possibility that’s she’s gay than she is herself. In fact, Ripley is surrounded by accepting people, including coworkers at the bagel shop and her neighbor Butch Donna. Just Call Me Ripley is a comedic coming out story that follows Ripley on her search for identity and love. Directed by Cassie Ahiers Written by Shannon Noll 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607893639965-DQOEG61868DTDKKUCSOS/JLIC%2BPoster_ForWEB.jpg Video - Joe Loves Ice Cream Comedy Web Series Everybody loves ice cream, but not many love it as much as Joe. As a devoted, life-long ice cream eater, Joe realized that instead of feeling embarrassed or upset about his unwavering nightly routine, he would try to celebrate it for the sweet, wholesome joy it brings him. In a time where it feels like we're constantly melting into a bigger mess, ice cream can make the world a sweeter place. Joe is on a mission to explore the nostalgic memories swirling through Ice Cream Shops, festivals and makers’ minds. His FroZEN philosophy allows him to chill with new friends across the nation and connect in the special moments powered by ice cream. Directed by Cassie Ahiers Written by and Starring Joe Friedman 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607893758481-CMWKMWBFN6PQ74LJ4GVY/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-13%2Bat%2B12.30.48%2BPM.jpg Video - Check Avail Unscripted Web Series Audition life is wack! Check out these real audition horror stories from Chicago actors, with live music and art by Teddy and Allie. Directed by Cassie Ahiers Created by Anthony Lombard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/593efd0b46c3c4fbcd409124/1607893786516-K9ZVADE8BFY5OSX9QQHJ/Screen+Shot+2020-12-13+at+12.31.14+PM.png Video - Lake Effect Sketch Comedy Web Series Chicago isn’t for the faint of heart… Downtown is a madhouse, the train smells like piss, and the weather is infectious. Lake Effect is a collection of comedic scenes that focus on the characters that inhabit the windy city. 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