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Boca Stage, Bruno Faria, comedy, Dark Comedy, funny, Howard Skora, Keith Garsson, Liz DeBeer, Shane Tanner, Sharon Pfeiffer, Susan Lloyd, The Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, Valerie DiLorenzo, Willow Theatre
Damaged Furniture
Howard Skora’s Dark Comedy
Opens at the Willow Theatre March 6th
“… you can understand your family, still think they’re insane, and yet forgive them…. Skora’s dialogue is full of zingers and deliciously rendered snark.”
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244
February 24, 2026
BOCA RATON, FL: Boca Stage returns to the Willow Theatre with Damaged Furniture, Howard Skora’s outrageously funny dark comedy about a totally dysfunctional Brooklyn family. The production will open on March 6th and run through March 15th. The play received multiple awards and nominations when it debuted in Los Angeles in 2018.
When Doug Elling receives word that his beloved uncle has died in an unexpected – and bizarre – accident, he rushes from Los Angeles to Brooklyn and finds himself at the center of his family’s efforts to salvage their furniture business. An alcoholic father, his ‘happy-face’ mother, his recently widowed aunt and his therapist sister all add to the chaos surrounding Doug as he tries to balance the demands upon his future.
“We are now back at the glorious Willow Theater in Sugar Sand Park where we started over twenty years ago as The Boca Raton Theater Guild,” says the show’s producer/director Keith Garsson. “Although we have had several successful seasons elsewhere, we are happy to be returning to our original venue – and to our original mission – which was to produce shows on an a la carte basis rather than committing to a full season. This enables us to curate new work more finely.
“Howie Skora is a talented young playwright who has said the play is semi-autobiographical,” Garsson continues. “And we wanted a straight (and twisted) comedy that was fresh, “now” and relevant,” he continues. “Well… it is set in Bensonhurst! But, either way, Damaged Furniture is a comedy for today, a character-based piece that reflects how fast we are these days to say exactly what we are thinking…the moment we think it!”
Garsson has cast Bruno Faria as Doug, with Valerie diLorenzo as Laurie, Sharon Pfieffer as Gina, Liz DeBeer as Irene, Shane Tanner as Phil, and Susan Lloyd as Jo.
The Stage Managers for the production are Nicole Roach, Guiliana Barioli, and Hannah Hayley. Lighting Design is by Nicole Roach and Laura Fulton. Sound is by David Hart, Costumes are by Tim Charles Bowman, and the set will be designed and constructed by the MNM Scenic Shop.
Tickets for Damaged Furniture are on sale now and can be purchased online at https://www.myboca.us/2649/Damaged-Furniture or by phone at 561-347-3948.
For more information about Boca Stage and Damaged Furniture, to speak with Keith Garsson, orto arrange to attend a performance, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.
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Damaged Furniture
by Howard Skora
March 6-15, 2026
Tickets: $40/$35 Groups (six or more tickets purchased in a single transaction)
For tickets: https://www.myboca.us/2649/Damaged-Furniture
Phone: 561-347-3948
Performance days and times:
Friday and Saturday at 7 pm
Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm
All performances will take place at
The Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park
300 S. Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33486
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Production photos by Amy Pasquantonio.
Carol Kassie 