Mo Fry Pasic

Mo Fry Pasic is an actor writer and comedian They discovered comedy after retiring from their Division One Volleyball career having gained accolades as an AllAmerican and Junior Olympian They studied improv at UCB beginning in 2014 followed by The Annoyance theater performing runs of original sketch and comedy shows and on house teams Inspired by friends they began Stand Up in the alt comedy Brooklyn scene There they met life long friends and creative collaborator Tim Platt Together the two began creating plays first in Brooklyn at Union Hall and then Off Broadway at Ars Nova Their duo Pasic and Platt has been deemed Titans of subversion by Time Out New York for their genre pushing style of semiimprovised and surrealist dark comedies Through this Mo discovered that while they adored comedy their greatest joy lied in acting Soon an incredible acting opportunity arose in collaborating with New York playwrights Julia Mounsey and Peter Mills Weiss Together they cocreated 5050 Old School Animation a bone chilling mediation of betrayal misogyny cycles of violence and the nature of evil itself which debuted at the Jack Theater in 2016 and was featured in 2018 and 2019 at The Publics Under The Radar festival The play was critically reviewed with Howard Shaw of The New Yorker describing Mos performance as Virtuosic and Ben Brantley of The New York Times writing There is boundless pain and self hatred at the heart of Ms Pasics performance 5050 went on to tour Europe beginning in Munich Germany and was set to run in England April 2020 While the pandemic saw the close of 5050 and of Mos successful bi monthly Stand Up comedy show Trine at the Freehand Hotel cohosted with Sudi Green and Bowen Yang it also pushed Mo to move to LA and focus solely on acting They use their Reiki Master and Theta Energy Healing certifications along with their extensive knowledge of astrology and divination practices to inspire new creations and ways to heal through art Mo uses their creative talents to advocate for survivors of sexual assault and are proudly open about their queerness and gender fluidity Their next work Worse Than You debuted at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles on June 30th 2023 It is directed by Mos dear friend and creative collaborator Sudi Green