“If I tell you that, after being around for 40 years, your vote will close us — will end The Bread Factory. That doesn’t change anything?” Such is the overarching question that needs to be answered in Patrick Wang’s upcoming dramedy “A Bread Factory.”
Comprised of two parts, “A Bread Factory” follows Dorothea (Tyne Daly) and Greta (Elisabeth Henry-Macari), owners of a community arts space who are now threatened with the consequences of gentrification. When a Chinese celebrity couple suddenly turns up in their town to build a new shopping complex, The Bread Factory –and the community it serves — may ultimately pay the price.
“A Bread Factory” features Janeane Garofalo, Nana Visitor, Glynnis O’Connor, Amy Carlson (“Blue Bloods”), and “Orange Is the New Black’s” Jessica Pimentel. Opera singer Martina Arroyo and Taiwanese television personality Janet Hsieh also appear.
As Wang told Variety, “A small town turns out to be a great setting for thinking about many big themes: art and commerce, globalization, gentrification, changing social institutions, and new technology. Remembering my early days in theater, and the women who were my teachers and directors, provided warmth and humor while staring these colder contemporary changes in the eye.”
Wang previously wrote and directed “In The Family” and “The Grief of Others,” an adaptation of Leah Hager Cohen’s novel of the same name.
Daly has received six Emmys for her work on “Cagney and Lacey,” “Christy,” and “Judging Amy.” She won the 1999 Tony for her performance as Rose in “Gypsy.” Her recent credits include “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and CBS’ “Murphy Brown” revival.
“A Bread Factory” begins its limited release October 26.