Brooklyn play “Stoopdreamer” waxes nostalgic about an earlier time
Gentrification has long been a hot topic for Brooklyn residents. “Stoopdreamer,” a new play, created through the collaboration of a filmmaker, a playwright and a director explores the displacement in Windsor Terrace of over 1,000 families following a big road project begun in 1945 by Robert Moses and focuses on characters looking back at the old days at a legendary local bar, Farrell’s Bar & Grill.
After making its debut in Manhattan, the drama, written by Pat Fenton, will be performed in Windsor Terrace, the scene of the play’s narrative.
Local filmmaker Jay Cusato had been in the early stages of directing a documentary on Farrell’s, a bar dating back to 1933 and the setting for “Stoopdreamer,” when he met Fenton.