TELOS Ensemble Past Productions
'Concupiscence', a new work by Dan Blick, was selected as a participant and premiered at the Chain Theatre's 2025 Winter One Act Festival.
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'Concupiscence' is a one-act play by playwright Dan Blick, premiering at the Chain Theatre 2025 Winter One-Act Festival. Featuring Mitchell Pope as Adam and April Qi as Ava, a couple who have been together for the past five years, Concupiscence takes place late into the night before their move to a new apartment in the morning. Ava realizes that if she doesn’t leave Adam now, she may never find the strength to do so. Concupiscence explores elements of psychological and emotional abuse, manipulation within romantic relationships, and how this manifests itself into cyclical behaviors.
Cast
April Qi (Actor) is a NYC-based actor, alumni of the William Esper studio, and a founding member of Onion Cellar Productions. Her recent stage credits include Stop Kiss and The Great Nebula in Orion and she recently starred in short films Buzzkiller and Personal Best.
Mitchell Pope (Actor) recently graduated from the William Esper Studio Two Year Meisner Training Program where he trained under Suzanne Esper. Before moving to NYC, he studied performing arts at Savannah College Of Art & Design under Craig Anton and Joan McMurtrey. Mitchell was also a member of the 2020 SCAD Performing Arts Showcase. He co-founded Telos Ensemble in 2023 alongside Dan Blick.