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TBS Filmed at the Improv in LA performing for TBS's Rooftop Standup Comedy Special https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1478281905266-AYYCIHE318SN4ACWD04V/withlove.PNG photos - With Love and a Major Organ Critically acclaimed "With Love and a Major Organ" by Julia Lederer is now available for purchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475468407882-9S16PKT74C843GXE1507/rollingposter.jpg photos - Rolling Jeff Nominated "Rolling" at Jackalope Theatre by Calamity West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1538361510830-0CT90ROHBN3PQQ6FY9VC/Screen+Shot+2018-09-14+at+11.15.52+PM.png photos - Jeannie Becomes a Mom Acting in Caroline Rose’s music video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1538361465322-F3Q180A3LSHQ9DXKW6Q1/Screen+Shot+2018-09-14+at+11.22.06+PM.png photos Abby Pierce Jeannie Becomes a Mom Caroline Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475468427331-H0CUI1CL9PELKMDUZR28/naperville1.jpg photos - Naperville Jeff Recommended "Naperville" at Theatre Wit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1581294891536-FUHE69IJD32BKTO6OWLF/Screen+Shot+2020-02-09+at+7.34.34+PM.png photos - Lowe's Commercial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1484934246256-587WTB6SP6AYW0UWM046/abbypierceexperian.jpg photos - Experian Commercial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475468438407-A1V4HSLVV09QBZ9FCC05/withlove3.jpg photos - With Love and a Major Organ Strawdog Theatre. 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Spring 2025. Directed by: Abby Pierce Co-written by: Abby Pierce and Tiny Cruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1741973403539-WV82HNWXB0I65M2VYO10/So%2CBoomposter.png Directing Sweet Tea has to give her younger sister a "how to jail" tutorial before morning comes. 14 mins. Spring 2025. Directed by: Abby Pierce Co-written by: Abby Pierce and Tiny Cruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1600551316318-J671CQA9UMFUOPOHEXOQ/Untitled+design+%285%29.jpg Directing A Magical Realism Short Film Directed by: Abby Pierce Written by: Abby Pierce & Julia Lederer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1758685242372-Z8Q5ZR5SHUQMHPQ71L3J/Go+Ahead%2C.png Directing “Go Ahead, Grab Time By The Throat” has become one of my favorite short films that I’ve seen in the past few years and I almost can't explain why… by the end, to quote the film itself, “it feels f**king great.” - Collin Souter, RogerEbert.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1586377000278-YBD9CYYBNPR34MPJNK9A/Screen+Shot+2020-04-06+at+5.29.26+AM.png Directing A Dark Comedy Short Film When Joe begins to hear a sitcom audience inside his head, it’s up to him to decide if his life is a joke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1581279798552-GQ82O8EA9RIFHGA0QZOK/2019_HopelesslyDevoted_5Fin+%281%29.jpg Directing - US Premiere - Piven Theater Directed by: Abby Pierce Written by: Kate Tempest Music by: Dan Carey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1581279932192-86LI6CEOY7IHHD06INBK/1212+copy.jpg Directing - World Premiere - Lyric Theater Directed by: Abby Pierce Written by: Steve DiUbaldo http://abbyisinhere.com/welcome daily 0.75 2016-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475459103999-NYX3CSNCYOFWZJQT7R2B/naperville1.jpg Now Playing http://abbyisinhere.com/pastthings daily 0.75 2019-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475459919175-UPS8JD0G4V6XPOXP13XH/naperville1.jpg Past Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1500002899763-J38ED0381KV0DYRVOH15/image-asset.png Past Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1500002918617-17YMW0H7NQOVOS7LHKA5/image-asset.jpeg Past Things Local businessman and manufacturer Joe Keller developed a bitter history with his business partner after dealing with profound tragedy during World War II. Despite the odds, love blossoms between Joe’s son Chris and his partner’s daughter Ann. Joe is destined to face old dilemmas and defend his decisions in this electrifying family drama. A play by Arthur Miller Tickets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1500002720821-B5Y9E7JW6T0VPHBG5V8U/image-asset.png Past Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1500002737102-VIC0X5O9LZZ4J4F6HNWW/image-asset.jpeg Past Things A modern American family uses a summer barbecue as a pretext to ambush sister Barbara with an intervention. An afternoon in the park with these raucous siblings and you'll be challenging your own assumptions about family, race, and reality. The Chicago premiere of Barbecue will have you laughing out loud and questioning how it’s true that in America, you sometimes taze the ones you love. Presented by Strawdog and Steppenwolf in the LookOut Series. Tickets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1493575298324-EIMLKI1AXK2DLDQF4C2C/image-asset.jpeg Past Things A beautiful open workshop self-led and run by the actors themselves. WGN news team did a segment featuring the PPP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1478279458018-MOTDXZIFHT1D29KF7YJ2/Chicago-fire.jpg Past Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1481925049414-U3NAZ4URRUVWDHPBDZMS/image-asset.jpeg Past Things Best Actress Nomination for Rolling with Jackalope Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1493580233230-XQHF4GUXRGGO71OZWZGA/abby+pierce Past Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475460963195-2N9OB71PALLGTY77TNOP/image-asset.png Past Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1493576015537-T4ZSVB7Z3T59ENYGHUYC/image-asset.jpeg Past Things Amy and The Orphans starring Jamie Brewer (American Horror Stories), written by Lindsey Farrentino, and directed by Tony and Emmy nominated director Scott Ellis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475460503316-ES6P332ZI55HWW69PI3F/image-asset.png Past Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475459991073-23IDOFFYN0RLUC7FGT9F/053_edit.jpg Past Things Abby Pierce and Mike Tepeli in Naperville at Theatre Wit. *Jeff Reccomended Production http://abbyisinhere.com/voiceover daily 0.75 2019-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475467623753-4NU2W4KXESIZTW16SIE1/img-chewy2_525968102.jpg Voice Things - Voice Over https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475467663170-GH3VUMWEZCA29UELKS22/Olay.jpg Voice Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475467674328-JW8V1SXMYKG4ZXFRAE7G/mcdonalds.png Voice Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475467755323-M9EQCDUU7CBZ5K8DET29/Special_K.jpg Voice Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1600648336136-D2WP1UVTRAZTV7F9FUY8/Screen+Shot+2020-09-20+at+8.18.32+PM.png Voice Things - Best Audiobook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475467350022-4CXGGXIAA7OSSKMC3ORH/image-asset.jpeg Voice Things 1st Place, Benjamin Franklin Award, Best Audiobook God Shed His Grace On Thee http://abbyisinhere.com/teaching daily 0.75 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475467108081-749SES7E2VKNFRVXL4D6/image-asset.jpeg Teaching http://abbyisinhere.com/new-page daily 0.75 2016-10-03 http://abbyisinhere.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1475470453003-GKEGAQJL1H6CIJ01DKH1/image-asset.jpeg Contact http://abbyisinhere.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2016-10-03 http://abbyisinhere.com/current-things daily 0.75 2020-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1557382744872-MR9ACM7J9RW4PJ6VBVI7/abbypiecreaugiemarchnytimes Current Things Actor in the World Premiere of “The Adventures of Augie March” adapted by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Auburn from the Nobel Prize Winning book by Saul Bellow 4/4 stars from The Chicago Tribune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1554751172062-X5NFS7YS3ROM1SX5BLVE/abbypiercechicagotribune.png Current Things - 3.5 out of 4 stars ... Pierce’s staging allows the intertwining stories of these women to spin out with truthfulness and moments of silence that still speak that truth. -Kerry Reid, Chicago The Chicago Tribune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1535601048512-KXEEFUDS7BJR49CNPDE5/Abby+Pierce Current Things Still from Eat Your Heart Out, directed and co-written by Abby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1535603202319-CMC8Y7P4KJ3X4OJWFSOC/abbypiercepivenprisonproject.jpeg Current Things EPIC, with the actors at Cook County Jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1550173710720-IB3EO1L7GJMD6OOYX8TY/2019_HopelesslyDevoted_5Fin.jpg Current Things Hopelessly Devoted by Kate Tempest directed by Abby Pierce in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1535603323157-2CWUI0RC2DE9OSMT2AH8/23826069_10200410814970355_8946825785161347294_o.jpg Current Things The Exquisite Corpse crew day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1540182618106-R3G2K59CVN3N0F1VDDMM/Screen+Shot+2018-10-21+at+11.29.20+PM.png Current Things Read about the inspiration behind the song and music video “Jeannie Becomes a Mom”. http://abbyisinhere.com/renovating-houses-things daily 0.75 2020-02-09 http://abbyisinhere.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2019-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1557390730375-X5VPN3J4GS53S8ZXPM96/005BBM_Graham_Beckel_002.jpg New Page Graham Beckel (narrator) Film and TV credits include: L.A. Confidential, Brokeback Mountain, Battlestar Gallactica, The Paper Chase, Leaving Las Vegas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1557390834775-JJZE7EQX2HDL656F7CYX/CSI-CYBER-Koontz2.jpg New Page Charley Koontz (Douglas) Film and TV credits include: Community, CSI: Cyber, Modern Family, and This Is Us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1544810131246-XBQE74CA1QQESB31AX8E/Screen+Shot+2018-12-13+at+11.17.38+PM.png New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1550006561279-1P2IJ2O1MWR19I87E7T8/Screen+Shot+2018-12-16+at+8.21.17+PM.png New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1550006410718-441CRBA6DX4KWKV6UOE6/Screen+Shot+2018-12-16+at+8.18.12+PM.png New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1550006479322-DL3Q5OVVBI5FLM8CYWVN/eatyourheartout.png New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1550006629639-94SMQHFFFNAYKNU6YNOZ/eatyourheartout1.png New Page http://abbyisinhere.com/soboom daily 0.75 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/3a45f53f-c1c5-4bdc-b329-03fb9d54a2b4/So%2CBoomposter.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1725501901478-Q9M5ZANGUPGKH4T23E19/SoBoom7.png "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1725502141910-LUZ9DK65G6JJYJIKEVYU/SoBoom9.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1725502175643-48SEZIZBEAZKNWAOLZOB/SoBoom15.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1725502075374-I6UU80Y6GLQWW83BVVBW/SoBoom5.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1581296061107-BOJUXG341X90FGGPFFP4/Screen+Shot+2020-02-09+at+7.53.11+PM.png "So, Boom" // theater in jail Picture from class with EPICC, Ensemble Play in Cook County Jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/b0da6321-adbf-407e-b9a4-81c57c3b8653/Screen+Shot+2022-07-20+at+12.33.47+AM.png "So, Boom" // theater in jail - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1604892605676-6NILNASRMTYY1WQA3TN4/IMG_0280.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/280fa967-4f2b-421b-92a2-089e1bf06256/Screenshot+2023-08-30+at+7.52.16+AM.png "So, Boom" // theater in jail - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1581287191200-H2LIH12QECWSFJQQ7Q35/abbypiercechicagotribune.png "So, Boom" // theater in jail "Honest.... Unflinching." ...“Hopelessly Devoted” is hopeful without being saccharine. That hope can be its own source of sadness, too – as Chess notes, “It’s not the bad things that hurt you in here. It’s the good things.” Yet somehow, she does manage to give voice to the bad and the good." “...Pierce’s staging allows the intertwining stories of these women to spin out with truthfulness and moments of silence that still speak that truth." --Kerry Reid, The Chicago Tribune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1556958680131-FJBARGJCVO04KN006KXV/unnamed-6.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1556958682486-QTIDGVUMUIL3KAX1F9MQ/unnamed-5.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1556958687426-ET8D6GGMOU1KTUE55AAU/unnamed-4.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1556958690069-DPB40TLHPGCRWJXCDIUL/unnamed-1.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1556958691727-6BJOXX03RZT69SMPS9FP/unnamed.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1556958714869-TZR0U5WA1BR6ZSPJ2MBT/unnamed-3.jpg "So, Boom" // theater in jail http://abbyisinhere.com/home daily 0.75 2019-12-02 http://abbyisinhere.com/directing-writing daily 0.75 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/0d968e25-402e-46ff-88b0-165152371a53/Screenshot+2026-01-26+at+8.28.23%E2%80%AFAM.png Directing // Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57f1a0155016e13a6d4ba366/1604894726735-6P0M9HM5T4VJU32F408Z/NewYork+-+Best+Comedy+BLACK.png Directing // Writing - Eat Your Heart Out New York Shorts International Film Festival “Best Comedy” - Eat Your Heart Out - Dir. 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