Black Curtain Theatre: Brooklyn Laundry

By John Patrick Shanley

Tagline: A play about family, relationships and surprising second chances.

January 24 & 25, 2026 Sat and Sun 7:30pm and Sun 2:00pm $12 adults, $10 students

Sometimes big things start from little things - in this case, a bag of laundry. Fran is broke, chronically single, and terrified of making decisions. Owen is a guy who sees life for what it is but is lonely and has a lot of baggage. So when Owen ends up asking Fran out at the laundromat, they are both excited to find the start of a meaningful connection with each other. However, when life’s savage tricks get in the way

and Fran’s sisters need her more than ever, she is faced with the most difficult choice she has ever had to make. Written by John Patrick Shanley, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning author of Doubt and the Oscar-winning writer of Moonstruck, Brooklyn Laundry is about romance, family, joy, and responsibility. Most of all, it’s a play about choosing to love and be loved.

Other quotes:

“Shanley is playing on his home court, writing a quirky outer-borough romance mixed with a family drama, about two broken souls finding a bit of comfort in each other.” —New York Magazine.

“…a testament to [Shanley’s] ability to create memorably flawed, vulnerable characters and the sort of sharp-edged comic dialogue that perfectly defines them.” —New York Stage Review.

“Brooklyn Laundry offers a dizzying study in contrast between life’s relentless, unyielding sorrows and the stubborn, buoyant hope that is a necessity to survive them.” —Chicago Reader.