The Big Finish

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM

FREE

$5 Suggested Donation

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
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Pamela has a husband, a daughter and a terminal cancer diagnosis. Choosing to forego treatments that would only delay the inevitable, she breaks the news to her family: she’s moving out and breaking off all contact to explore what could have been with widower Gus Giannopolis, an unpursued connection from her past. The Big Finish is both humorous and philosophical, examining how much we owe to the people we love and if the process of death is about our own desires or the comfort of the ones we leave behind.

CAST
Richie Byrne
Hunter Corbett
Ana Goldseker
Michael Patrick Sullivan
Chelsea Lee Walker

Vinnie Nardiello – Writer
Vinnie has been writing for theater and television for two decades and with his most recent staged play Rubber enjoying a run at Theater for the New City in 2024. His debut play, The Boom, was featured at the Dream-Up Festival at Theater for the New City and his 2022 play Diving Horses was seen at the NuBox Theater under the production of Theater 68. Another script, Li’l, was featured as part of the reading series at Black Box PAC in Englewood, NJ. He has also created Duppet, a short film found on Amazon Prime, and produced a pilot, Radio Gods, starring Paul Provenza and Rick Overton. His work can be heard on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, SNL’s Weekend Update, ESPN, and Sirius XM Radio. In addition to his own offerings on the stand-up comedy circuit, Vinnie has had his work performed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He is thrilled to be back at Theater for the New City.

Jake Hart – Director
Selected New York credits include The Democracy Project at Federal Hall, Jesus Hopped the A Train at The Atlantic, Salvage at The Public, and Bury The Dead at Transport Group. In selected television Jake has appeared in The Deuce, Shades of Blue, The Blacklist, Sneaky Pete and others. As a voice actor you have heard him everywhere. His campaigns have won multiple awards, and he is honored to be the current representative of Smokey Bear. Catch his short film, Big George, on the festival circuit this year.