They know every Britney dance break, every Ariana vocal run, and every Carly Rae B-side—but somehow still can’t figure each other out. Deep Cuts is a new comedy about three best friends, one Gay Guy Music Video Night, and the pop divas who raised them. But when secret hookups, buried feelings, and years of unresolved bullsh*t crash the function, the playlist starts getting personal. A coming-of-middle-age comedy about friendship, desire, and scraping by in your thirties while still having absolutely no idea what the f*ck you’re doing.

Nicholas Pilapil is one of Benson Drive Productions' 2026 Fringe Artists in Residence. This commissioned work-in-progress showing marks his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut.

Nicholas Pilapil is a Filipino American playwright. His plays include "God Will Do The Rest" (Artists at Play & Latino Theater Company), "The Bottoming Process" (IAMA Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Ignition Festival of New Plays), and "Luca & Uri" (Playwrights' Arena & Victory Theatre Center). His work has been developed with Geffen Playhouse, Theater Mu, Boston Court Pasadena, Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, CIRCA Pintig, Theatre Rhinoceros, and The Workshop Theater, among others. Nicholas is a winner of the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival and an alum of The Writers’ Room at the Geffen Playhouse, IAMA Theatre Company’s Emerging Playwrights Lab, and artEquity.