By Madeline Anthony

Two gifted locals will star in a new off-Broadway show, 'A Room of My Own," set to premiere Thursday, February 25 on the west side of Manhattan. The heartfelt comedy recounts the early days of playwright and director Charles Messina, who wrote the show based on his experiences growing up in a tiny studio apartment in Greenwich Village in the 1970s.

Nico Bustamante, a 9-year-old from Country Club, will make his off-Broadway debut portraying the young Carl of the 1970s. Nico has been working with Wilhelmina Models and the Paradigm Agency since last year when he walked into Wilhelmina to give his 4-year-old sister a gift and walked out with a modeling deal, having caught the directors attention.

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