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 MoreJuliana is the youngest daughter of the Smaldone family in It’s My Brooklyn, Too! Bill is her Irish boyfriend, an outsider at the family New Year’s Eve party, there for a very important reason. The two embody the optimism and ‘change the world’ attitude of the early 1960s, something which is very much missing from […]
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 MoreSonny is the only brother in the Smaldone family, his brother Johnny having been killed in World War II. In It’s My Brooklyn, Too!, he sees himself as a defender of the family’s Italian roots, and yet he has married an outsider, Stella, who the family generally shuns. Oliver Palmer plays Sonny while Caroline Cassidy […]
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 MoreSarah Spagnuolo plays Del in It’s My Brooklyn, Too! Del lives with momma and must make very difficult decisions as the play progresses. Read here about Spagnuolo’s acting career and then click here to buy tickets for our shows Dec. 6-8 and Dec. 13-15. From a young age, I knew I wanted to be an actor. […]
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 […]
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