Corned Beef (and Other Arguments)

A New Duo Comedy About The American Dream Comes To Theater For The New City

It’s 1890-ish, and two immigrants aboard a ship headed to Ellis Island are about to have beef. Major beef. They just don’t know it yet.

That’s the conflict that ignites
CORNED BEEF (AND OTHER ARGUMENTS)

, a new darkly hilarious, shamelessly silly, and surprisingly heartfelt play written by Robyn Kimmel and Brian Martin, coming to Theater For the New City on April 23.

Directed by Sofia Pastena, the production runs from April 23-May 10, featuring Robyn Kimmel and Brian Martin in leading roles.

The 19th-century romp follows Ruth, a Jewish immigrant from a European shtetl, and Phineas, a down-on-his-luck Irishman, who left everything behind for a chance at the American Dream. But chaos erupts when they discover that they’re both coming to New York City with the same mission: To bring corned beef to the New World. Their incessant quarreling and quick banter explores unlikely friendship, belonging, and generational anxiety through biting satirical wit, Katz’s Deli sandwich-sized laughs, plus a few surprisingly tender moments thrown in for good measure.