PRIVATE CHAT at Portland Playhouse

In an attempt to up her game, a young woman purchases some one-on-one time with a webcam model. When she decides to reveal her true identity, the two of them have a conversation about intimacy, desire, and which angles best showcase your ass. Private Chat is a scintillating window into the voyeuristic world of cam modeling, challenging the preconceived notions and stigma around sex work.
Featuring: Ashley Mellinger and Treasure Lunan
Available DECEMBER 11, 2020 - JANUARY 9, 2021
Live event date: DECEMBER 11th at 5:00pm PST

About Ashley Mellinger
As a theatre artist and filmmaker, Ashley Mellinger is committed to telling stories that re-imagine traditional narratives and include marginalized voices without centering on their identities and trauma. She is an award-winning half-Korean actor and producer. After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and working in NYC for a decade, she moved to Portland, Oregon and co-founded Desert Island Studios to increase artists' accessibility to film resources. Recent producing credits include Dawn Jones Redstone's proof-of-concept for her debut feature Noelia, and Roland Dahwen-Wu's first feature Borrufa. Pre-pandemic, her writing debut L'Ortolan was selected for the 2020 Spliff Film Festival and Portland Shorts Fest. Post-pandemic, she co-wrote and starred in the AAFL 72 Hour Shootout film, Vent (which won 2nd Runner Up, Best Editor, and Best Screenwriter).