The 2nd Act Players ended 2024 on an incredible high note, having jsut completed its second production of a play in New York. The play which began as a one-act called New Year’s Eve at Grandma’s House has evolved and grown over the past 11 years to finally debut where its story takes place, in […]
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We had an amazing opening weekend for “It’s My Brooklyn, Too!” being produced in a classic Brooklyn brownstone to transport audiences back to a 1960 New Year’s Eve Party at the Smaldone family home. Our wonderful Italian-American and Irish-American cast grew stronger with each performance. Next Sunday already is sold out thanks to the Xavier […]
Read MoreTickets are still available for the opening weekend performances of It’s My Brooklyn, Too! by John N. Frank. The play is being done in a Brooklyn brownstone, rather than on a traditional stage, to transport audeinces back to the Brooklyn of 1960 depicted in the play. Come to celebrate New Year’s Eve 1960 and 1961 […]
Read MoreFaye and Sal are near and dear to playwright John N. Frank’s heart since they’re based on his own parents (with stories from some aunts and uncles thrown in). Faye is a hopeless romantic while Sal is the more practical, down-to-earth member of the couple. As It’s My Brooklyn, Too! progresses, they will face more […]
Read MoreIt’s My Brooklyn, Too! follows the Smaldone family as it wrestles with becoming American without losing its Italian roots. At the core of the family are Momma and Del, her oldest daughter, played by Loretta Toscano and Elizabeth Spagnuolo. Read what our cast member had to say about these dynamic characters here, then click here […]
Read MoreLoretta Toscano plays family matriarch Momma in It’s My Brooklyn, Too! The play opens at the first family New Year’;s eve party after poppa has died, putting momma in charge of the Smaldone family. Can she hold it together in the changing times of the early 1960s? Read here about Toscana’s acting career, then click […]
Read MoreThe actor known as Pasquale brings an intensity to his role in It’s My Brooklyn, Too! that will bring to mind classic American actors of the past. He plays Sal, a World War II veteran haunted by his service in the Pacific. Read here about Pasquale’s acting career, then click here for tickets to our […]
Read MoreOliver Palmer will be playing Sonny in It’s My Brooklyn, Too! Sonny is the only remaining son of the Smaldone family and so thinks of himself as the man of the family after poppa dies. Read about Palmer’s acting career and aspirations, then click here to buy your tickets to see him Dec. 6-8 or […]
Read MoreElizabeth Jarrett plays Juliana in It’s My Brooklyn, Too! Her character is the youngest sister in the large Smaldone family, and the one determined to follow a new path from her sisters. She wants a career, something that was very revolutionary for a young woman in 1960 America. Come see how life works out for […]
Read MoreJeffery Brabant will be playing Bill in It’s My Brooklyn, Too! In a play populated by Italian-Americans, Bill is Irish, an outsider trying to gain acceptance from the family matriarch. A young man in a hurry, he is swept up by the optimism brought on by the incoming John F. Kennedy presidency. He symbolizes an […]
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