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From the performances
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photographs by Tamar Shemesh
theatre row · new york city · december 3 — 7, 2025
Training_set is an absolute must-see for anyone intrigued by the evolving dynamics between AI and human relationships — this narrative bravely ventures into the complexities of love and intimacy in the digital age.
An audacious exploration of intimacy in the digital age — blending emotional depth with sharp societal commentary. The characters are vividly drawn, making their journey both relatable and thought-provoking.
Playbill
The new work tracks two millennial women, a Gen Z man, and the AI quietly observing them all.
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Broadway World
Training_Set, a new play by Sonny Marwah with direction by Serena Norr, will hold a series of industry presentations at Theatre Row December 3–7.
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artifacts from the run
What was held, read, sold, and signed for — the paper trail of a five-night run.
A multi-media writer drawn to live theatre in an age of digital mediation. With training_set, he dramatizes our contradictory responses to technology — fascination, fear, dependence, revulsion — as part of the world we already inhabit, not some distant AI dystopia.
Writer, director, playwright, and founder of Let's Make a Play. Her plays have been performed at the Omaha Fringe Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, The Tank, and The Flea. Member of the Dramatists Guild and participant in the Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive and Play Penn (2025/2026).
Co-founder of Golden Grand Piano Productions and CL2 Productions. Recently seen in Women Who Cut at the AMT Theater, winning Best Actor at the Circle Theater Festival. Stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Henry V (title role), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), and Into the Woods (Witch).
Actress, singer, producer, writer and director based in (obsessed with) New York City. Founder of Jen X Productions, co-founder of the Meliora International Film Festival, and host of The Ordinary Supernatural Podcast.
Actor and award-winning filmmaker. Theatre credits include the Tony Award-winning Broadway show War Horse, Scapin at Classic Stage Company, Romeo & Juliet at the Guthrie Theater, and Night Games at Marvel Rep. Film: King of Staten Island, BOUND. Columbia MFA.
A New York based actor and recent graduate of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Most recently appeared as John Hale in a modern adaptation of The Crucible. Previous stage work includes Gandhi in the Off-Broadway production Kasturba vs Gandhi.
Actor, director, dancer and costume designer based in Brooklyn. Recent graduate of NYU Tisch's Experimental Theater Wing. Recent credits include The Adventures of Virginia and Orlando (Public Theatre) and Love and Information (Brick Aux).
Best known for film and television work as Helen in Is It A Crime, Morgan in Welcome to NY, and Belle in Trash Talk Tonight (created by and starring training_set's own Jenilyn Rodriguez).
NYC actor and artist. After Marymount Manhattan College, Tommy has branched out as a director, writer, and stage manager. Recently seen in the New York Workshop of Matchstick Girl, and on screen as Abraham in After Dark.