Lynn Rosen

A farce for our times

3F, 4M

Inside The Imperialist - an aggressively British tea shop in Brooklyn - the downside of gentrification is coming home to roost. Rents are going up, displaced locals return with a grudge, and angry employees and mysterious customers threaten to upend what remains of Kate’s family business. If she can get the royal couple, who are visiting New York, to come by for a photo op, maybe she'll get things under control. Or maybe her whole empire will come crashing down.