The Sci-Fi short film, ‘Genesis’ , is about a woman questioning her reality on what seems to be a normal morning run. Written and directed by Drew Hernandez, starring Summer Ainsworth (me!).

2025

Ultrarush is short film about Adam, a young, unemployed musician who finds unexpected love with a telephone operator he’s never seen. The film explores friendship, love, and the relevancy of AI. Summer Ainsworth plays Cass, Adams roommate and the voice of reason; desperately trying to get her friends off their phones so they can experience the “real world”.

filmed 2023, released 2025

A performance clip from, ‘The Loneliness Cure’, by Melanie Hoopes at Fairfield University.

2024

A monologue from ‘Really’, by Jackie Sibblies Drury for the Syracuse University Lewis Hecker Virtual Drama Showcase.

2021