​Café Utopia will play at the Hudson Guild November 7th-23rd 2024. 

Amazon and Starbucks are the behemoths of the 21st Century, much like Big Steel and Big Auto were at the beginning of the 20th Century. Now, as then, mass strikes herald a labor uprising that may shape the working person's future for decades to come. Café Utopia engages the individuals and organizations behind the current unionization movement in the creation of an original dystopian comedy that speaks to this urgent moment in America. Authored by Gwen Kingston, the play involves breakout sessions where audiences get to dialogue with one another as they enjoy a Café Utopia signature "Wheatgrass Roots Justices" smoothie.

Genevieve Kingston - Playwright
​Gwen holds BAs in theater and linguistics from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Repertory Theater. She is the author of four plays and three one acts. In May 2021, her essay, “She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box,” appeared in The New York Times’ “Modern Love” column. Did I Ever Tell You? is her first book. Previous projects  with Notch include Anna Karenina: a riff, Wild Home, DICK, and FIT.

Cafe Utopia 'World Premiere' Cast 

Left to Right: Sergio Mauritz Ang,  Julia Atwood, Kathleen Mary Carthy, and Al Piper

Cafe Utopia Stage Production Team

Left to Right Director - Ashley Teague,  Associate Director - BT Hayes, Producer - Charles Jackson Jr. , Associate Producer- Savannah Ritz,
 Community Engagement Associate- Bria Dinkins,  Scenic and Costume Designer - Calypso Michelet and Documentarian- Abby Schroering

This project is made possible in part with funds from the JKW Foundation, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, and Creative Engagement, a regrant program(s) supported by the funding agency Howard Gilman and administered by LMCC.