IN THE LOUNGE Temporary Light John Nizzari

About This Show

Coked-up, lonely & working the night shift on a NYC construction site, family man, Petey hires a prostitute from Craigslist but instead of the image in the ad, he gets Slovenian Olgaa part time Spinning instructor who dreams of becoming a stand up comedian.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

John Nizzari is an independent filmmaker from New York City whose works include, the feature film GRAND SLAMMED which opened in 2014 in New York City, the documentary JOBSITE which screened at the 2009 Big Sky Film Festival & WEIGHT which screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival’s short film corner.

Robert Funaro appeared last at 59E59, HOW ALFO LEARNED TO LOVE WOMAN, NYC premier of FRESHKILLS at 59E59. Other NYC theater credits include ENIGMA VARIATIONS, THE JAG, LAMPPOST REUNION, 40 CPS. Film & TV credits include THE SOPRANOS (Eugene), LAW AND ORDER, WHITE COLLAR & currently co-starring in a recurring role on HBO’s VINYL as Tony Del Greco.

Nataŝa Warasch  is currently appearing in Pirandello’s SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. She has cowritten, produced & starred in the short film WEIGHT which screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Corner. Nataša produced the documentary JOBSITE which screened at the 2009 Big Sky Film Festival, and in 2014, produced & starred in the feature film, GRAND SLAMMED. As a stand-up, Nataša has made numerous appearances at Broadway Comedy Club & QED.

Dominick Laruffa Jr.’s film appearances: MEN OF VIOLENCE and ALL MOBBED UP, both directed by John A. Gallagher. As well as Marcus Mizelle’s newest film, THE SLICE IS RIGHT. His theatrical accomplishments include, HOW ALFO LEARNED TO LOVE at Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theaters, MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING and MY BIG GAY ITALIAN FUNERAL both Off-Broadway at St. Luke’s Theatre and SPRING’S AWAKENING Off-Broadway at The Alpha NYC Theatre Company.

Thursday, May 5 at 7:30pm

Free Admission

Estimated Runtime
45 minutes

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Credits

Written by
John Nizzari

Featuring
Robert Funaro*
Nataša Warasch
Dominick Laruffa Jr.*
*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Photo Credit
John Nizzarri