What We Will Be

Monday, January 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
COMMUNITY SPACE

FREE

$5 Suggested Donation

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

Set in early 1990’s Brooklyn, pregnant and hapless Elise returns to the borough to bring former Catholic priest and now-bartender Emmanuel – the lover she abandoned after he left the priesthood for her – back into her life.

CAST
ELISE – Katie Claire McGrath
EMMANUEL – David Lanson
KHALIL – Andrew Tejada
GLYNIS – Lauren Roth-Shaw
MARNIE – Laura Lee Botsacos
LANKFORD and DENNIS THE ORGANIST – James Rees
FATHER GABE and DARBO – Peter Kendall

Joe Thristino is a writer based in Brooklyn. In the realm of playwriting, he’s a Dramatist Guild member, having been a shortlisted finalist for The Ambassador Theater Group’s Playwrights Prize (Bringer of Doom) and Best One Act at The Tennessee Williams Play Festival (Release Note). His stage work has been performed at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Players Theatre, Dixon Place, and the Times Square Arts Center, among others.

Mark Koenig is a director, actor, and writer. Film: The Monkey (Stephen King short film adaptation), Marry Me (Universal), Spooky Action (Ma and Pa Pictures), Kill Your Darlings (Sony), My Fair Liddy (Sandwoman Pictures). TV: The Food That Built America (History Channel), The Undesirables (pilot, Shake The Tree), 30 Rock (NBC-Universal). Theatre: Our Bar (Our Bar), Arnall in Line (13th St Repertory Theatre), Treplev in The Nina Variations (Shetler Studios). As a director and writer, Mark has helped devise and produce five full-length original plays. He is an Off-Broadway director (Bringer of Doom) and the former Artistic Director of Our Bar, a site-specific company that produces independent original theatre. Mark’s work has been heralded by both The Wall Street Journal (Shhhh) and director/producer Paul Feig (Silent Scenes from Quarantine – Powderkeg Media’s Shut-In Shorts). www.markakoenig.com