Three figures stand on a Brooklyn street with row houses in the background, under the title "Blue Gum, BROOKLYN".

BLUE GUM, BROOKLYN&nbsp; is a family drama about the stories we tell ourselves to survive what cannot be changed.Three sisters gather for a family dinner, each at her own crossroads. As long-held tensions play out, secrets surface and the sisters must reckon with a loss that none of them knows quite how to name. &nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991586/wysiwyg/rszakovufu088sqbt5bd.jpg" style="text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Key Characters:<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991641/wysiwyg/fwnyekkbrt7bakofuslw.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991658/wysiwyg/kwutyyt4powchvioid2v.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991674/wysiwyg/nnncow7x55jkisalkoag.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991693/wysiwyg/oj8g1nlk3vfybhqdmjqz.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991708/wysiwyg/nyjufsxepb0pbes2aadv.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> TEAM:&nbsp; Venue:<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784992002/wysiwyg/arcyojsfstlznwxiaboc.png" style="width: 224px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 224px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Matthew Corozine Studio Theater W 36th Street NY, NY Producers:MCS TheaterKMD ProductionsAssociate Producer: Stephanie Genito&nbsp; Writer/Director:Laurie Savage&nbsp; Laurie Rose Savage&rsquo;s writing contemplates family relationship, behaviors around loss, and themes of avoidance and secrecy. Her recent works include the limited narrative podcast THE RAT KING&nbsp;(pseud. LR Wild), produced by The Shrill Collective and her play SILENT TREATMENT, which was presented as part of Haley Rice&rsquo;s New Works Series. Her screenplay OFF BROADWAY&nbsp;was a finalist in Francis Ford Coppola&rsquo;s American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest. As Resident Artist and longtime friend of MCS, Savage initiated the MCS Resident Writer Program as an extension of the studio&rsquo;s standing commitment to actors as writers, establishing a dedicated structure for self-determined artists to cultivate original material. &nbsp;Savage has previously directed her works WATCH OUT, BLOODFEATHERS (2014), FORMS OF FRACTURE: 4 short works (2024), DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHADOWS: a night of scenes and monologues (2025). &nbsp;BLUE GUM, BROOKLYN probes processes around memory, the shifting and competing narratives within families, and how intimacy is equally shaped by what we withhold. &nbsp;Savage&rsquo;s writing orbits two ideas: people are interesting, and life is beautiful. &nbsp;She writes from Brooklyn, New York&mdash;to which this play is, in part, a love letter. &nbsp;&nbsp; Crew:Production Designer - William Anderson Stage Manager - Eliana Gershon Cast:&nbsp; Christine Cartell - as Jean Willow SingerKat Donachie - as Melanie Beatrice SingerMaya Mills - as Dolly Mireabelle SingerFrances In&eacute;s Rodriguez - as Suzie Diane Cook Understudies:Jamie Tincher - Jean Understudy Your gift supports the upcoming fall 2026 production of &ldquo;Blue Gum, Brooklyn&rdquo; a new play by Laurie Savage. Every contribution helps cover rehearsal space, design elements, actor salaries, crew salaries and performance costs.&nbsp; At Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre Inc., we&rsquo;re committed to developing artistic careers and growing a supportive artistic community. Your donation invests directly in writers and actors&rsquo; career growth and in a process that values courage, craft, and collaboration.&nbsp;

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting this production.&nbsp; If you would like to contribute further to our production, contact us to become a volunteer usher. Thank You,The Blue Gum Brooklyn Teamkmdproductionsnyc@gmail.com

BLUE GUM, BROOKLYN  is a family drama about the stories we tell ourselves to survive what cannot be changed.Three sisters gather for a family dinner, each at her own crossroads. As long-held tensions play out, secrets surface and the sisters must reckon with a loss that none of them knows quite how to name.   <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991586/wysiwyg/rszakovufu088sqbt5bd.jpg" style="text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> Key Characters:<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991641/wysiwyg/fwnyekkbrt7bakofuslw.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991658/wysiwyg/kwutyyt4powchvioid2v.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991674/wysiwyg/nnncow7x55jkisalkoag.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991693/wysiwyg/oj8g1nlk3vfybhqdmjqz.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784991708/wysiwyg/nyjufsxepb0pbes2aadv.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> TEAM:  Venue:<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1784992002/wysiwyg/arcyojsfstlznwxiaboc.png" style="width:224px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />Matthew Corozine Studio Theater W 36th Street NY, NY Producers:MCS TheaterKMD ProductionsAssociate Producer: Stephanie Genito  Writer/Director:Laurie Savage  Laurie Rose Savage’s writing contemplates family relationship, behaviors around loss, and themes of avoidance and secrecy. Her recent works include the limited narrative podcast THE RAT KING (pseud. LR Wild), produced by The Shrill Collective and her play SILENT TREATMENT, which was presented as part of Haley Rice’s New Works Series. Her screenplay OFF BROADWAY was a finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest. As Resident Artist and longtime friend of MCS, Savage initiated the MCS Resident Writer Program as an extension of the studio’s standing commitment to actors as writers, establishing a dedicated structure for self-determined artists to cultivate original material.  Savage has previously directed her works WATCH OUT, BLOODFEATHERS (2014), FORMS OF FRACTURE: 4 short works (2024), DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHADOWS: a night of scenes and monologues (2025).  BLUE GUM, BROOKLYN probes processes around memory, the shifting and competing narratives within families, and how intimacy is equally shaped by what we withhold.  Savage’s writing orbits two ideas: people are interesting, and life is beautiful.  She writes from Brooklyn, New York—to which this play is, in part, a love letter.    Crew:Production Designer - William Anderson Stage Manager - Eliana Gershon Cast:  Christine Cartell - as Jean Willow SingerKat Donachie - as Melanie Beatrice SingerMaya Mills - as Dolly Mireabelle SingerFrances Inés Rodriguez - as Suzie Diane Cook Understudies:Jamie Tincher - Jean Understudy Your gift supports the upcoming fall 2026 production of “Blue Gum, Brooklyn” a new play by Laurie Savage. Every contribution helps cover rehearsal space, design elements, actor salaries, crew salaries and performance costs.  At Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre Inc., we’re committed to developing artistic careers and growing a supportive artistic community. Your donation invests directly in writers and actors’ career growth and in a process that values courage, craft, and collaboration.

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