Meet the Cartozians Tickets

See this hilarious new work directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer. Representing Talene Monahon's major off Broadway debut, Meet the Cartozians plays through Second Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center for a limited run only, starting in October.

Prepare to time travel in Meet the Cartozians off Broadway: spanning a hundred years, this singular immigration story, chronicling Armenian Americans' and their pursuit for a sense of belonging, is set in the 1920s and the 2020s. In the 1920s, a man fights for legal recognition. A century later, his descendent fights for recognition as well...online recognition. Followers, faves, and likes, if only the glam team can get their sh*t together.

A wildly imaginative and deeply rich story about culture, immigration, and heritage, Meet the Cartozians asks who gets to belong — and when you do, at what cost?

This new play — part historical drama and part contemporary satire — is part of Second Stage's 47th season. The theatre has a long dedication to fostering award-winning new works.

“Second Stage’s extraordinary body of work comes from its commitment to contemporary American writers through second stagings of modern classics and by nurturing playwrights through every step of their creative trajectory,” said Second Stage Theater’s Artistic Director Evan Cabnet in a statement.

Now, Monahon joins the Second Stage fold with one of today's most sought-after directors. David Cromer has received a Tony Award, a Drama Desk, three Obies and three Lortels, and in 2010 he was named a MacArthur Foundation fellow. Some of his recent credits include Dead Outlaw, Prayer for the French Republic, A Case for the Existence of God, The Sound Inside, and The Band’s Visit, for which he won his Tony.