june 13 - 23, 2024

Factory Series @ The Chain Theater -

312 W. 36th Street (4th floor)

New York, NY 10018

PRODUCTION PHOTOS (by Emily Hewitt)
from original production @ theater for the new city march 2020

It’s 1960 in the wealthy enclave of Noble Bay, California, where Elaine ‘Lainie’ Fairbanks (played by JEFFREY VAUSE) is the toast of the town. She has it all - money, status and an intimate relationship with the Pacific Ocean. Suddenly Lainie must contend with her husband’s betrayal, her daughter’s rebellion, her best friend’s treachery and the wrath of a small town engulfed in scandal. Can she turn tragedy into triumph? Will she crumble or will she soar?

TOMORROW WE LOVE is her story - and ours!

TOMORROW WE LOVE is a gender-bending, comedic homage to the classic romantic films of the mid-twentieth century.

the play

THE CAST

  • Elaine "Lainie" Fairbanks / Playwright

    (He/Him) Jeffrey was born & reared in Honolulu, Hawai'i but has lived in NYC since 1989. He wrote, produced and starred in his one-man multi-character play Aloha Oy! at Abingdon Theater - then turned it into a cabaret act, which he performed to great acclaim at Don’t Tell Mama in 2022 & Pangea in 2023. Other NYC stage acting credits include Andy Halliday's Nothing But Trash (as 3 characters, Theater for the New City); Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy (as Arnold, Grove St. Playhouse); Oklahoma! (as Ali Hakim, Gallery Players); and the title role in Irving Berlin's Ragtime Revue (also at Theater for the New City). Jeffrey founded Proud Image Theatre Company and is a member of The Windowpane Theatre Company, The PlayGround Experiment, The Village Playwrights and The Dramatists' Guild. www.jeffreyvause.com

  • Logan McMartin

  • Trippy Fairbanks

  • Farley Weathers

  • Sid Spellman

  • Lucille Spellman / Costume Design

    Credits include Father John in A Letter to the Bishop (Theater at St. Clements), Paul in Cabfare for the Common Man, Walter in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Sweet and Tart Productions), Larry in In The Schoolyard (Theater for the New City) and Paul in Mother Me Therapy (Cherry Lane Theatre). He danced and sang with soprano Karyn Leavitt at Carnegie Hall in The Age of Romance: Vienna to Broadway. Favorite theatre roles include Father in Ragtime, Amos Hart in Chicago, Luther Billis in South Pacific, and Uncle Max in The Sound of Music.

the CREW

  • Jeffrey Vause

    PRODUCER / CO-AUTHOR

    Besides Tomorrow We Love, Jeffrey has authored the following works, all in various stages of development: Aloha Oy!, The Marriage Equality Plays, Cocktails And Cruellers, Bill, Reservations, Typhoid Murray & Working My Nerves (an early version of Aloha Oy!). Founder of Proud Image Theatre Company and member of The Windowpane Theatre Company, The PlayGround Experiment, The Village Playwrights and The Dramatists Guild. www.jeffreyvause.com

  • Steve Hauck

    DIRECTOR / CO-AUTHOR

    Steve Hauck has directed in NYC at Newstages Theater, Dixon Place and Theater for the New City; and regionally at Geva Theater and the Red Barn Playhouse. As an actor he has appeared on Broadway in The Velocity of Autumn and Irena's Vow. Off-Broadway credits include Pay The Writer (Signature Theater), One Arm (The New Group) and The Screwtape Letters (Westside Theater). Film: “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize), “The Eyes,” “Collateral Beauty,” and “Ocean’s Eight.” TV: Dawes on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Judge Bad on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and many others. Steve is featured in the Spike Lee Joints “Oldboy,” “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” and “She’s Gotta Have It.”

  • Jimmy Moon

    COSTUME DESIGN

    Since 1988, Jimmy has consulted, designed and constructed costumes for Ann Brodie's Carolina Ballet, Workshop Theatre, Town Theatre, Columbia Lyric Opera, Columbia Dance Theatre and PGE Stage Experiments (not to mention 12 consecutive sets of Halloween costumes for his niece and nephew).

Won't you give us a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation?

TOMORROW WE LOVE is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of TOMORROW WE LOVE must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

TOMORROW WE LOVE is the maiden production from PROUD IMAGE THEATRE COMPANY.

PROUD IMAGE THEATER COMPANY was founded in 2019 to highlight and showcase works primarily from the LGBTQIA+ community that demonstrate tolerance and promote visibility through artistic expression. We also want to entertain and take audiences on unique journeys with a nod to the recent past while being mindful of the future.