News: "Blue Gum, Brooklyn" Makes World Premiere at Matthew Corozine Studio Theater, Oct 9–25, 2026
Blue Gum, Brooklyn , a new play written and directed by Laurie Rose Savage, a finalist in Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, is making its world premiere in a limited Off-Off Broadway engagement October 9–25, 2026, at Matthew Corozine Studio Theater in Manhattan. Running for nine performances, this family drama is set against the economic pressures of a changing Brooklyn, exploring how old resentments, familial obligations and unspoken expectations shape the bonds between sisters. As competing narratives and buried secrets emerge during a family dinner, each woman must face the complicated economies of family: who gives, who takes, who stays, who leaves, what we owe one another, and what we hold for ourselves. Produced by KMD Productions, a Texas- and New York City-based production company, in association with New York City- and Miami-based Matthew Corozine Studio Theater, the production explores suppressed emotion, family dynamics, avoidance, and the ways...