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With warmth, wit, and unflinching honesty, veteran filmmaker Ralph Arlyck (Sean, Following Sean) turns the camera inward in I Like It Here, a quietly profound meditation on aging, memory, and the passage of time. Now in his 80s and living in upstate New York, Arlyck reflects on a life rooted in place—surrounded by longtime friends, daily rituals, and a landscape that holds decades of meaning.

In the spirit of Agnès Varda’s Daguerréotypes, Arlyck brings us into a world shaped by curiosity and connection. He introduces us to neighbors and friends he’s known for years, if not decades—men and women who have grown old alongside him, and who now confront the strange and sometimes funny realization that they’ve become the age their parents once seemed “old.” The result is a film that is as intimate as it is universal: a gently humorous, deeply human look at what it means to grow older while still finding joy and purpose in the everyday.

Ralph Arlyck studied journalism at Columbia University and began to make documentaries during his studies. Over six decades, Arlyck has created a singular body of work, producing and directing more than a dozen films that have screened and received awards at festivals worldwide, including An Acquired Taste (1981, short), Godzilla Meets Mona Lisa (1984), Current Events (1991), and Following Sean (2005).The latter played theatrically across the United States and on PBS, and was nominated for two Emmy awards. Throughout his career, Arlyck has been an advocate for American independent filmmaking, testifying twice in Congress on the role of independents in public television. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship.

Allen Coulter is an American television and film director, credited with a number of successful television programs. He has directed two feature films, Hollywoodland, a film regarding the questionable death of George Reeves starring Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, and Ben Affleck, and the 2010 film Remember Me.

Where: The Gugg Auditorium

When: 5pm (90 minutes)

Free and Open to All! (Parental Supervision Recommended)

Nick Bisa’s “Nepo Baby” Synopsis:

An eclectic, old-school classy, Oscar-nominated character actor, Augustus, is going through a rough patch in his career when he starts having monthly dinners with his nephew, Baby. Twenty-two, unemployed, and still living with his rich parents, Baby is in desperate need of some guidance. So when he mentions in passing that he wants to try acting, Augustus is quick to offer a helping hand. It’s an invigorating partnership for both, but as Baby’s career begins to skyrocket, his intentions come into question. Will he stick by his uncle and bring him along for the ride? Or will he get sucked into the darkness of fame and leave him for dead? Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

This is a staged reading and workshop of a play-in-progress — not a full performance. The piece runs approximately 90 minutes, and the actors warmly welcome your feedback as part of the creative process.

Thank you for being part of this work’s early life. Your presence and insights help shape what it will become!

Meet the Cast

Theodore Bouloukos is a New York-based actor whose international  performance work encompasses principal roles in independent narrative cinema, experimental theatre, and project collaborations with numerous visual artists working in video, voice, painting, sculpture, photography, live performance and tableaux vivants. He is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Full bio here.

Nick Bisa is an Australian artist based in New York City. He is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and both the performance and playwriting extension divisions of The Juilliard School. As a writer, his body of work includes “Trees”; a genre-bending, form-transcendent solo piece, which he wrote and performed at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club last May. His play, “Boy King”, was read by Quick & Dirty Theatre Company for a sold-out run at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook last June. Other plays of his include the ten-minute play, “How’s that”, the one-act play, “Tradie”, and the documentary play, “Roostettes”. His debut short film, “In This Climate” which he wrote, directed, and starred in, screened in his hometown of Canberra in 2021. His second short film, “GOD IS DEAD”, begins production this fall with the intention of a festival run and future expansion into feature-length. His acclaimed personal essay, “I wanted to run away into the trees when I was younger; I never understood why until I turned twenty-one” is eyeing commercial publication later this year. He sometimes writes under the pseudonym, J.D. Garwood. As an actor, Nick has been very active in the New York theatre scene. He’s appeared in plays at NYU (“Everybody”, “The Pittsburgh Free Press”), in festivals (“The Last Supper”), Off-Off-Broadway (“Trees”), Off-Broadway (“Fragments”), along with productions in New Zealand (“Much Ado About Nothing”) and Australia (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “The Great Gatsby”). On-screen, Nick has portrayed Liam Carter in "We Killed Our Friend" (Prime Video), Travis Hall in "Roosters" (optioned by Tubi), and is set to star as John Rollins in “Deceit” and Hank in “The Shire Club".

Brunch: 10am-1pm

Movie Screening: 1pm

The Brunch at the Pub before the Movie

Special Screening: 4h25 min feature will have an intermission