An immersive play explores Italian-American culture in a Bushwick row house

Nov 21, 2024 120

Park Slope native and playwright John N. Frank is bringing a taste of his Italian-American upbringing to North Brooklyn with “It’s My Brooklyn, Too! “This is my family’s story, but it’s also the story of every immigrant family that’s come to America,” says Frank. “It deals with their struggles to achieve the American dream, looking at what families must sacrifice along that road.”

The play is set in a 1960s Park Slope row house on New Year’s Eve, where an Italian-American immigrant family is wrestling with the American Dream. Frank hopes that immigrants from any background will relate to this play as it deals with themes of family, culture and Brooklyn life.

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