THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Artistic Director, Crystal Field

Presents

The Flowers of Forest Hills

November 5, 2026 – November 22, 2026
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets – $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
CABARET THEATER

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

Set after World War II, “The Flowers of Forest Hills” follows a family who emigrates from Austria to Queens. We see three generations of women, including a girl, a mother and a grandmother (as part of a cast of seven characters) as they adapt to life in the United States. Family secrets come out into the open, as they cope with a new life in the United States.

CAST
Gail Merzer Behrens*……….Ida
Mike Cesarano*………………..Ernst
Noah Frankenfield……………Jacques
Karen Freer………………………Gert
Jon Lonoff*……………………..Alfred
Doriana Schoner……………….Sylvie
Carolyn Seiff*…………………..Helen

*appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

PRODUCTION
Written by Claude Solnik
Directed by Patricia Magno
Assistant Director – Cameron Reilly-Steele
Lights/Sound – Marsh Shugart
Set Design – Reuben Speed