Heartbreak in Tompkins Square Park
My original drama "Heartbreak in Tompkins Square Park" had its first public presentation as a staged reading at Theatre Row in New York City as part of the Rogue Theater Festival, in collaboration with Abingdon Theatre Company, on June 7, 2023.
Here is a synopsis of the play: Aiden, a gay white man in 1950s upper-class New York, enters a loveless marriage with Querida, a former stage actress with a shady family history, and has a son. His life changes when his secretary, Cadenza, a lesbian who escaped the Jewish orthodoxy, hatches a plan that will allow him to be with his lover Bentley, a Black painter and gallery owner.
Here is a synopsis of the play: Aiden, a gay white man in 1950s upper-class New York, enters a loveless marriage with Querida, a former stage actress with a shady family history, and has a son. His life changes when his secretary, Cadenza, a lesbian who escaped the Jewish orthodoxy, hatches a plan that will allow him to be with his lover Bentley, a Black painter and gallery owner.
The cast & artistic team:
Playwright/producer/Querida: Christine Stoddard
Director: Laurence C. Schwartz
Movement director: Fiamma Piacentini
Aiden: Jacob Maximillian Baron
Bentley: Jovel Roystan
Trinity: Meredith Binder
Cadenza/Aiden's Mother: Jess Appel
Maddox: Paul Maurizio
Ensemble Player #1: Frank Muni
Ensemble Player #2: Jada Bennett
Narrator: Aaron Gold
Playwright/producer/Querida: Christine Stoddard
Director: Laurence C. Schwartz
Movement director: Fiamma Piacentini
Aiden: Jacob Maximillian Baron
Bentley: Jovel Roystan
Trinity: Meredith Binder
Cadenza/Aiden's Mother: Jess Appel
Maddox: Paul Maurizio
Ensemble Player #1: Frank Muni
Ensemble Player #2: Jada Bennett
Narrator: Aaron Gold
Thank you to our IndieGoGo supporters: Mark & Lidia Stoddard, Fred Chong, Randy Jack, Jess Farr, and Aaron Gold.
