ADULT FILM PRESENTS:
STUDIO DARLINGS
MAIDS AFTER GENET
!!!Now extended through September 21st!!!
Based on Genet’s class warfare comedy, two sister maids (lovers?) hatch a plot to take down their mistress, but they get more than they bargained for…
After the success of the sold-out run of Adult Film’s Woyzeck, the company’s next venture is STUDIO DARLINGS, an actor-devised workshop series, highlighting the Adult Film experimental laboratory philosophy–lean into the mess. Maids After Genet is the first piece of three in the STUDIO DARLINGS series. Learn more here.
SOLANGE — Madeline Bernhard*
CLAIRE — Hannah Hale*
MADAME — Ariana Afradi*
U/S MADAME — Mia Trubeja
*Denotes Adult Film Company Member
Produced by Madeline Bernhard, Hannah Hale, + Ariana Afradi
Stage Manager — Siena Callan
Production Assistant — Eva Sheehy-Moss
PR — Joshua Matteo*
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Madeline Bernhard
SOLANGE
Midwest born and bred and by way of Chicago, Madeline is now an actor and creative based in Brooklyn. Last seen as MARIE in Adult Film’s Woyzeck, which she co-produced. Favorite stage productions include: The Cherry Orchard (Adult Film), 4.48 Psychosis (producing body), Vinegar Tom (Red Theater), and Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Bower Theatre Ensemble). If she's not on her own two feet, she's likely on two wheels dodging traffic on her way to Bushwick.
IG: santas_panties
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Hannah hale
CLAIRE
Stage credits include: Cimino’s Defeat, Woyzeck, Maids After Genet at ADULT FILM. Less Than 50% with New Light Theatre Project at 59E59. Staged readings and workshops include: The Gingerbread Lady with Jessica Hecht directed by Sheryl Kaller at Manhattan Theatre Club, Acting School by Kathleen Tolan at Ensemble Studio Theater, and The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe at Rutgers Theatre Company. Film credits include: Playing Shakespeare & I Want to Watch, both due for release in 2027. Hannah was also a consultant on Anora, directed by Sean Baker. She is currently developing a solo show based on her own experiences as an actress/ stripper/ nanny in NYC. She is a graduate of the BFA Acting program at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London, UK. She is the associate artistic director of ADULT FILM. Favorite roles include: Blanche Dubois, Sally Bowles, and a sex demon agent-of-Hades named Madness.
IG: @hannahrosehale
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Ariana afradi
MADAME
Ariana Afradi is a New York-based Persian-American actor and producer. Los Angeles is home, where she is also a member of The Road Theatre Company. She received her BFA in Acting for Stage, Screen and New Media from the University of Southern California. Recent theatre credits include Duke & Roya (Lucille Lortel Theatre), Honour (Ruskin Theatre), Wood Demon (East Village Basement), and Technocelibites (Theatre Mitu). Film credits include Drift (2027 release), Mary, Pieces, and Zinnias. She has a particular fondness for complicated women. Iran, barâye hamisheh, WOMEN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
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mia trubeja
U/S MADAME
Mia Trubelja is a trained stage and screen actor based in New York City. She studied acting at Emerson College and the British American Drama Academy. Most recently she performed in the Adult Film produced House of Chekhov as Masha and Yelena, and in the Le Chéile Productions of A Mask and a Whisper at the Chain Theatre. She takes class here at Adult Film.
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SIENA CALLAN
STAGE MANAGER
Siena Callan is an actor and technical producer based in Brooklyn and San Francisco. She graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY, in 2025, where she was trained in acting, technical theater, and camera fundamentals. Credits include: Jaunt dir. Alexi Papalexopoulos (2024), Flavor Revolution dir. Charlie Leonard (2026), One Second After dir. Scott Rogers (2027). Upcoming projects: Frankenstein @ Pluto Theater (October 2026)
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EVA SHEEHY-MOSS
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Eva Sheehy-Moss is a Brooklyn born actor, playwright, director, and clown. She is especially passionate about new work that bridges the human and absurd, exploring what exactly is so funny about all of this. Eva’s Birds of Prey received the KCACTF National Playwriting Award. Her work on CADEL: Lungs on Legs at Underbelly Boulevard Soho and the Edinburgh Fringe earned an OffWestEnd Nomination and Best Show of the Fringe. She received her BFA in Acting, Playwriting, and Directing from Boston University and has studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) and LaGuardia School for Performing Arts.