Notch Theatre Company (Producer Charles Jackson Jr.) will present the World Premiere of Café Utopia by Gwen Kingston (New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and Oprah Daily’s 'Most Anticipated Books of 2024' for Did I Ever Tell You?: A Memoir), directed by Ashley Olive Teague (Founder and Artistic Director of Notch Theatre Company), November 2-23 at the Hudson Guild Theater (441 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001). 

 

At Café Utopia you become your best self. Or at least that was the plan until there are man-sized rats in the store room, a lost customer who has been locked in the bathroom for 48 hours and a juice machine that spontaneously self-immolates. But who needs unions, right? Café Utopia is a new, 90-minute comedy based on real stories from individuals behind the current unionization movement. Join the nincompoops of Café Utopia and enjoy your "Wheatgrass Roots Justice" smoothie while we attempt to overthrow corporate America.

Performances are scheduled on Saturday, November 2 at 7pm, Sunday, November 3 at 7pm (press preview), Thursday, November 7 at 7pm (press preview), Friday, November 8 at 7pm (opening night), Saturday, November 9 at 3pm & 7pm, Sunday, November 10 at 3pm, Thursday, November 14 at 7pm, Friday, November 15 at 7pm, Saturday, November 16 at 3pm & 7pm, Sunday, November 17 at 7pm, Monday, November 18 at 7pm, Thursday, November 21 at 7pm, Friday, November 22 at 7pm, and Saturday November 23 at 7pm. Tickets ($20) are available for advance purchase at www.zeffy.com/ticketing/0d1fd869-409f-456f-96c9-239603bf0d7f. The performance will run approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission.