The Popes Of Farragut Street By Melanie Maria Goodreaux Premieres At Theater For The New City

NEW YORK - Oct. 14, 2025 - PRLog -- Melanie Maria Goodreaux's new play THE POPES OF FARRAGUT STREET will premiere at Theater for the New City in New York City. Following the success of RITA IS THE GOAT, ENOUGH VO5 FOR THE UNIVERSE, and THE WHITE BLACKS, Goodreaux returns with her latest work for a limited 12-performance engagement, November 6–23, 2025 (Thurs–Sat at 8 PM, Sun at 3 PM).

THE POPES OF FARRAGUT STREET celebrates the messy, humorous, and redemptive ways people love each other—even when they get it wrong. In Conrad Patsy's "Shade Tree" auto shop, a community of mechanics, dreamers, and spiritual seekers wrestle with belonging and belief as a hurricane looms. Blending the mix-ups and crossed affections of Shakespeare's finest comedies with the soulful storytelling of August Wilson, THE POPES OF FARRAGUT STREET is a lively exploration of regret and romance, family, faith, and identity set against the vibrant backdrop of New Orleans' cultural and spiritual life.

About the Playwright and Director:
Melanie Maria Goodreaux is an award-winning playwright, director, and poet whose work spans theater, poetry, and performance. Her plays have been featured at Chelsea Playhouse, the House of Tribes Theater, the Abingdon Theater, Studio Players Theater, the Linhart Theater, the Lillian Theater in Los Angeles, the Nuyorican Poets Café, HOWL! Festival, the New York Theater Festival, the Hudson Guild Theater, Theater for the New City, and The Foundry.

The cast includes Benjamin Rowe (Conrad Patsy), Hollie Harper (Rachel Patsy), Zus Santos (Lester Patsy), Christian Neal (Mable Preston), Derick Storme (Father Omar), Aristotle Stamat (Shade / Tucker), Marco Antonio Cunha (Ducky), Javán Robinson (Pee Wee), and Vienna Carroll (Pope Violet).

The creative team features set designers Lytza Colon and Gregory Paul; sound/visual designers Urb Alt, Boston Fielder, and Anthony Harper; costume/wardrobe director Billy Little; casting director Linda Greene; and graphic designers Tim Fielder and Diane Sullivan. Stage managers are Natasha Velez and Taylor Bertman. Producers include Anthony Harper, Mark Holloway, David Kahl, Norah Lawlor, and Bruce Morrow. The executive producer is Crystal Field, Executive Director of Theater for the New City.

Don't miss THE POPES OF FARRAGUT STREET at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003.

For tickets and information: info@theaterforthenewcity.net. (212) 254-1109.