Jonathan Tolins’ controversial comedy drama has never seen the light of day in Australia – until now. Firerock Productions presents the Australian premiere of The Last Sunday in June at Chapel Off Chapel from 29 October – 8 November 2025.
It’s Pride month in New York City – but upstairs, in a cosy apartment with the best parade views in town, things are about to get a whole lot more complicated.
What begins as a casual get-together between friends quickly unravels into an unflinching exploration of love, identity, friendship, and the compromises we make along the way. It’s funny, flirty, devastating and just a little too real, eventually asking the big question: “What does pride really mean when the parade ends?”
Directed by Cal Robinson-Taylor (Holding the Man, Torch Song), this razor-sharp, queer cult classic serves up hilarious one-liners, whip-smart banter and heart-punch honesty in equal measure. Part sitcom, part soul-search – it’s the night in with friends you’ll never forget. Think Will & Grace… with sharper claws.
“When The Last Sunday in June first opened more than twenty years ago, it captured a community at a turning point. It looked back on decades of struggle and forward to a hopeful but uncertain future,” says director Cal Robinson-Taylor.
“Coming back to the play now, it feels like holding a mirror up to both the past and present. It’s a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how questions about identity, belonging and authenticity still shape who we are today.”
Jonathan Tolins is an American playwright, screenwriter and television producer. Born in Brooklyn, he earned a degree in English Literature at Harvard before carving out a career in theatre and screenwriting.
His stage works include If Memory Serves, Secrets of the Trade, The Forgotten Woman, the Broadway hit The Twilight of the Golds and the celebrated one-man show Buyer & Cellar.
He was also a co-writer on TV’s Queer as Folk and has written films such as Martian Child and served as showrunner and executive producer on the CBS drama Elsbeth. Tolins lives in Connecticut with his husband and their children.
Director: Cal Robinson-Taylor | Featuring: Rebecca Fortuna, Aram Geleris, Alec Gilbert, Ross Larkin, Finn McGrath, Cameron Steens, Jesse Vasiliadis, Zak Vasiliou | Lighting Designer: Sidney Younger | Sound Designer: Anthony Jacobsen | Intimacy Coordinator: Kathryn Yates | Stage Manager: Takarah Williams | Producers: Richard Gruppetta, Ross Larkin
The Last Sunday in June
Loft Theatre – Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran
Season: 30 October – 8 November 2025 (preview: 29 October)
Information and Bookings: www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Image: The Cast of The Last Sunday in June – photo by Tom Noble