TNC’s New City, New Blood Reading Series: SNOWBALL

By Marc Paykuss
Directed by and Developed by Roger Gonzalez at IndieArtz
March 9 – March 9
Monday, March 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Theater for the New City

Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

TNC’s New City, New Blood Reading Series:

SNOWBALL

A comedy

Written by Marc Paykuss
Directed and Developed by Roger Gonzalez at IndieArtz
Monday, March 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
COMMUNITY SPACE

FREE

$5 Suggested Donation

For Reservations, email to tncdreamup@gmail.com

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

LIV and JON are a middle-aged couple who have just said good-bye to their beloved cat of nineteen years, SNOWBALL. But one night, a strange woman appears at their home, claiming she is the human reincarnation of Snowball and it’s too real to ignore!

CAST
LIV – Zoe Anastassiou
JON – Tony Del Bono
SNOWBALL – Emma Gonzalez
ZANDER – Nathan Cusson
LACEY – Stacey Petricha
MIKE – Peter Sullivan
MARGOT – Chelsea Clark

About Marc Paykuss
Marc Paykuss is an award-winning playwright from Los Angeles now residing in Pittsburgh. His first play, “The Tinker Bell Situation,” was one of the winners of The Bonita Springs 10-Minute Play Festival in 2020, In addition, it was produced via Zoom by the Nicely Theatre Group in Michigan for their inaugural season and received a staged reading by the Core Artist Ensemble at the Barrow Group Theatre in New York City. His first full-length play, “No Entry,” was one of the selected plays by the TRU Voices New Plays and Reading Series, and received a Zoom live reading in June, 2020. It was also a finalist for the 2023 Woodward/ Newman Drama award. His play, “Snowball,” was the November, 2023 selection for a staged reading by the Bennington Theater in Bennington, VT, and will be published by Next Stage Press in November, 2024. In 2022, Marc won first-prize in the Think Fast one act play competition at the Theater Project, Union, NJ.for his play “Home for Sale By Owner.” It was made into a short film entitled “Dear Owner,” an official selection at ten film festivals in the U.S. and two time winner of The Presenters Award. His play “Zadig” was a finalist for the FMM Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language from Synecdoche Works, 2022 (https:www.synecdocheworks.org).

About IndieArtz
IndieArtz is a creative development company founded by Roger Gonzalez that champions independent voices in theatre and film. Dedicated to nurturing new work for the stage, IndieArtz partners with international playwrights and creators to support the development, refinement, and strategic growth of their artistic projects. Through hands-on collaboration, professional marketing support, and fundraising guidance, IndieArtz helps bring compelling stories from early concept to production-ready form. With a belief in bold, meaningful theatre that connects with audiences and creators worldwide, IndieArtz aims to build a creative community and advance original voices in the performing arts. Roger is also the founder and publisher of TheatreArtz.com and can be reached by emailing him at RogerGonzalez@theatreArtz.com. Roger is a producer, director, actor, and theatre development consultant working with various theatre companies in the tri-state area, and dozens of self- producing playwrights, theatre festivals, and producers.