WORSE THAN YOU is a new play from actor/writer Mo Fry Pasic and director Sudi Green about an overly self-aware comedian who is confronted with her fear of being unloveable and forever misunderstood as she puts together the biggest show of her life. Desperate to connect, yet doomed to self-sabotage, she pushes therapists, dates, and peers away through trauma dumping, a sexual obsession with Captain America, and pathologizing all her exes with sociopathy. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll walk away with a new crush.
Starring Mo Fry Pasic
Directed by Sudi Green
Produced by Lauren Mandel for A Disco Nap Productions
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Mo Fry Pasic is an actor, writer, comedian. They came up in the New York improv comedy and theater scene producing plays and performing stand up at Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, Union Hall, The Duplex, Caroline’s on Broadway, and at The Public’s Under The Radar Festival. Their acting has been described as “virtuosic” by The New Yorker’s Howard Shaw and “relentless” by The New York Times’ Ben Brantley (he also described me as having "boundless pain and self hatred at the heart of my performance" so you'll have a blast seeing my work lol). With creative collaborator Tim Platt, their dark comedy plays have earned Pasic and Platt the title, “titans of subversion” from Timeout NY and their play with Peter Mills Weiss and Julia Mounsey, 50/50: Old School Animation ,has been cited by theater critic Helen Shaw as being on her all-time-top-ten list. Mo loves the press and listing accolades is not stressful at all.
Sudi Green is an Emmy-nominated writer and comedian. She has written for Saturday Night Live, Shrill (Hulu), I Love That For You (Showtime) and numerous variety specials and awards shows. Her on-screen credits include The Other Two, Girls, and Red Oaks. A recent NY transplant to LA, you can see Sudi performing comedy that a friend from home described as ‘very expressive.’
Lauren Mandel is a bi-coastal producer who has developed projects with eOne, LeBron James & Maverick Carter's SpringHill and Jimmy Fallon's Electric Hot Dog Productions. She recently produced on the People’s Choice Awards (NBC/Den of Thieves), the Video Music Awards (Den of Thieves) and EP’d and showran Electric Hot Dog‘s (Fallon) first stand-up special for Peacock which was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award. Prior to that, she produced The Kids Tonight Show (Peacock/Matador Content) and Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness (Netflix/World of Wonder). Lauren was also the Head of Development for Marci Klein Productions under Marci’s deal with NBCUniversal. Other credits include LAS CULTURISTAS' CULTURE AWARDS (Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers), HOLIDAYS WITH THE HOUGHS (NBC), JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU (Adult Swim), and nearly four seasons at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC). She has showrun multiple pilots for NBCUniversal including an NBC ordered late-night format that Lauren co-created and adapted from a live stage show at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) which featured Julianne Hough. Lauren came up through UCB and the NBCU Page Program in New York.
