Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Friday 25 July | 5 & 6PM Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, 4140 Broadway, Studio #2, NY 10033
A Staged Reading: Vincent Saia (Anthony), Jonathan Ellers (Ralph), and Tuto Taveras (Chico) star in Adrian Miranda’s Uptown Boys, a raw, fiercely funny, and deeply moving drama directed by Adrian Miranda. Set around a four-top table in Washington Heights, this bilingual one-act play captures the sharp wit, buried trauma, and unbreakable bonds of lifelong brotherhood.
Set during a routine neighborhood card game cluttered with dominos, chips, and beer, Uptown Boys centers on four aging friends whose lives are upended when Bernie drops a bombshell announcement: he is leaving the Heights for a new life in a different city. The revelation ignites forty years of unhealed turf wars and personal grief, hitting Ralph (Ellers) hardest as he drowns in the unaddressed loss of his family. But when a sudden, chaotic dual medical emergency strikes the table, the masks of machismo must come down, forcing these men to work as a team to save each other's lives. Uptown Boys is a powerful exploration of aging, survival, and the ultimate strength it takes to finally ask for help.
Uptown Actors is a hyper-local workforce development and community health initiative operating at the intersection of the performing arts and public value. Based in Washington Heights, Inwood, and West Harlem, we mobilize intergenerational networks of local residents to build scalable economic infrastructure, drive neighborhood social cohesion, and establish accessible professional pathways into the creative economy.
