Richard Vetere’s play Black & White City Blues is the story of a young junkie struggling to survive his addiction to heroin in the decaying landscape of Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the summer of 1971.

Content Warning: This play portrays violent scenes, intimate scenes, drug use & paraphernalia.

Full Synopsis: Black & White City Blues follows the journey of Little Guy. A junkie all his adult life – his younger brother John John dies from a leap off a roof top when they were both getting high, Little Guy can no longer live with the guilt. Pushed to do a deal with his middle-class supplier, Bobby, with the neighborhood drug dealer, Piranha, Little Guy puts a hit on himself as punishment. The only thing keeping him alive, and the only reason he continues to battle with his addiction, is his love for his prostitute girlfriend Delilah and his drug counselor Mister Wellman. The decaying and decadent world of 1971Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is the setting for the heroin fueled world of hallucination and despair as Little Guy struggles to survive his loneliness and his addiction.

MAY 2025 CAST

LITTLE GUY…Joseph Monseur

JOHN JOHN…Sam Cruz

BOBBY…Jake Minter 

DELILAH…Amber Brookes

WELLMAN…Kevin Leonard 

PIRANHA…Riyadh Rollins 

BERNICE…Gary E. Vincent 

DET. LUCY CORTEZ…Anita Moreno 

BURKE JEFFRIES…Jake Smith

CREATIVE

Richard Vetere – Playwright

Amber Brookes – Director 

Dustin Pazar – Assistant Director 

Jonathan Beebe – Stage Manager 

Paul Maurizino – Production Assistant 

Quinn Nguyen – Costumes 

Niko Stycos – Photography & Videography

May 2025