Great Kills

04/29/2022

“A Healthy House,” the new play from the author of “Great Kills,” opens June 2 @ Theater for the New City. Tickets are on sale now!

04/15/2022

A story of two people sets the stage for some wondrous things to happen. Each understands what the other is going through, and ultimately becomes what the other needs. The story of Larry and Lucy is such a story. An Uber driver jaded by life meets a teenage girl who has turned to drugs in her attemp...

07/22/2015

"Great Kills" fans, check out this behind the scenes story by playwright Tom Diriwachter, published by Indie Theater Now!

My play, Great Kills, produced by Theater for the New City, March 26 - April 12, 2015, features a get-rich-quick scheme as its plot. Mr. G (Joe Pantoliano), with the shuttering of Meadowbrook, the state mental institution where he works in maintenance, is being forced into retirement. As the build…

06/09/2015

"Great Kills" published on Indie Theater Now! Get you copy today!

Description: The play reflects the big-time aspirations of small-timers in Staten Island, as a get-rich-quick scheme unravels over the course of a drunken evening, and the men's desperate realities become apparent.Year Written/Copyrighted: 2015Date Added: 6/9/2015Content Advisory: Strong language, d…

04/10/2015

Creative Spotlights' Dani Felt gets personal with playwright Tom Diriwachter and Joe Pantoliano...

"Great Kills" is a darkly comic tale of a get-rich-quic…

04/09/2015

Talk Back tonight with Joe Pantoliano after the show!!! Ask him anything about Great Kills, Tom Diriwachter, Jonathan Weber, Bob Homeyer or Peter Welch and he will tell you. Or ask him anything about The Matrix, Memento, Harrison Ford, Steven Speilberg or The Sorpranos and Joe will tell you about that too!!!!

04/08/2015

Yet another AMAZING REVIEW for GREAT KILLS starring the amazing Joe Pantoliano as we head into our last week of shows: http://www.theaterpizzazz.com/the-art-of-futility-great-kills/

So please get your tickets today at Smarttix.com before they all sell out! Remaining show times are Wednesday to Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm.

    Review by: JK Clarke         The saga of middle-aged, middle-class white guys in the midst of crisis is so often presented as a dramatic device...

04/05/2015

This Afternoon come see Time Out NY Off-Off Pick of the Week Great Kills starring Emmy Award Winner Joe Pantoliano for only $10 at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue). Just mention "Peter Rabbit" at the box office and the discounted ticket is yours! Curtain is at is 3pm, which should give you plenty of time to have Easter Brunch beforehand!!! If not, no worries, as you can come have a late brunch with the cast after the show!!!!

04/04/2015

GREAT KILLS is a Time Out NY pick of the week!!! And if you've nothing to do on Easter come see the matinee show (3pm) for only $10 by using the password "Peter Rabbit" at the Theater for the New City box office!!!!