TRIBECA CO-OP

A dark comedy murder mystery TV series

TRIBECA
CO-OP

Let the gentrification
wars begin.

Enter the buildingWatch the trailer
NEW YORK CITYOld money. New neighbors. Buried secrets.A SERIES BY NEAL MARSHAD

01 / Behind the facade

Prime real estate.
Fatal complications.

A murder rocks a Tribeca co-op. Its wisecracking superintendent helps the NYPD uncover a conspiracy to hide property deeds worth millions.

As tensions explode between old-school artists and gentrification elites, class warfare turns deadly. At the center is Nigel Anthony: a struggling comedian, a long-suffering super, and the one person everyone underestimates.

“Only Murders in the Building”
meets “White Lotus”

Tribeca street lined with historic buildings and iron fire escapes
A neighborhood with history. A building with something to hide.

The tone

01

The mystery

A central whodunit opens the door to a decades-old conspiracy.

02

The comedy

Nigel’s stand-up. His mother’s commentary. The everyday absurdity of co-op life.

03

The friction

Luxury meets legacy in a sharp, suspenseful story of class, power, and belonging.

02 / Meet the residents & other suspects

Everyone has a key.
Everyone has a secret.

Pitch-deck portrait for Nigel Anthony01

Nigel Anthony

The superintendent

Intelligent, funny, and failing as a comedian. Nigel is caught between wealthy residents and his working-class reality.

Casting inspiration: Josh Johnson

Pitch-deck portrait for Diana Mauer02

Diana Mauer

The wealthy resident

A rich nightmare with a sinister agenda tied to her family’s history.

Casting inspiration: Desi Lydic

Pitch-deck portrait for Ted Miller03

Ted Miller

The building manager

A nonchalant attitude conceals a hidden past.

Pitch-deck portrait for John Frederick04

John Frederick

The wine collector

A hapless, refined Southerner whose deep connections to the building’s past outlive him.

Pitch-deck portrait for Lisa Tyler05

Lisa Tyler

The board president

An anxious co-op board president with plenty of secrets to keep.

Pitch-deck portrait for Marco Diaz06

Marco Diaz

The artist

Painting the building’s secrets and fighting the tide of gentrification.

Pitch-deck portrait for Keondra07

Keondra

Nigel’s late mother

Overbearing even from beyond: she predicts, opposes, and contradicts, while offering crucial information.

Casting inspiration: Leslie Jones

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Mary Thompson

The keeper of history

An eccentric longtime resident who knows the building’s long history.

Role identified for Laura Robards

Pitch-deck portrait for Detective Marcus Parker09

Detective Marcus Parker

The NYPD detective

Investigating a death that opens up a much older mystery.

Dann Florek

Pitch-deck portrait for Blake Whitman10

Blake Whitman

The finance bro

An entitled resident of the co-op’s new-money world.

Role identified for Jack Hudson

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Alex Goodman

The conspirator

Financially struggling and entangled in Diana’s schemes.

Role identified for Ryan Long

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Frank Loffredo

The buildings inspector

A New York City Buildings Department inspector with ties to the past.

Role identified for Stephen Badalamenti

03 / Season one

Eight episodes.
Decades of secrets.

An unusual death. An unsolved bank robbery. A building whose past refuses to stay buried.

Explore the season below. Episode descriptions contain plot spoilers.

01The pilot

John Frederick’s unusual death connects to an unsolved bank robbery from decades ago. Nigel’s connection to his mother’s past draws him into an investigation filled with suspects, ending in a cliffhanger that raises the stakes.

Nigel and Loffredo examine records in a building office — episode concept artwork from the pitch deck
02Pressure Systems

In the aftermath of basement and rooftop shootings, Nigel and Loffredo investigate building records. A rat infestation provides cover for Diana to enter the basement, while Keondra points toward Marcello family property records from the 1960s.

Residents gather for a chaotic video meeting — episode concept artwork from the pitch deck
03Sublets and Secrets

A chaotic Zoom meeting with prospective buyers reveals apartment flaws and a shareholder’s wife’s intimate encounter. Nigel discovers suspicious transaction records. Mary recalls tunnels linked to the Underground Railroad.

Tensions erupt at a shareholders’ meeting — episode concept artwork from the pitch deck
04Acceptable Losses

Tensions explode at the annual shareholders’ meeting. Marco’s paintings threaten Diana, while wine records reveal dates corresponding to manipulated property sales. Keondra connects the Marcello family to the destruction of financial records.

Residents gather around a rooftop hot tub — episode concept artwork from the pitch deck
05Local Law 11

A facade inspection ignites debates over proxy ballots and an illegal rooftop hot tub. Diana and Alex’s plot unravels as Keondra explains her involvement in an FBI tax-evasion operation against the Marcello family.

Firefighters investigate a hidden basement room — episode concept artwork from the pitch deck
06Fire Escape

FDNY inspectors uncover a hidden room connected to the 1977 heist and the Underground Railroad. A patient reveals details of Keondra’s role, while Marco’s drumming gives voice to the class struggle.

Inspectors and residents discover a concealed electrical grid — episode concept artwork from the pitch deck
07Benchmarks

A hidden electrical grid forces the conspirators to protect their secrets. Residents debate a Peloton lounge. Keondra reveals how Diana’s father helped create a massive tax-fraud scheme—and why the original deeds matter.

Nigel performs on a late-night television set — episode concept artwork from the pitch deck
08Assessment

A hurricane brings every secret to the surface. Keondra’s explanation of the 1977 FBI operation exposes Diana’s role in Frederick’s murder. Nigel appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Frederick’s will names Nigel’s family as inheritors, setting up season two.

Historic Tribeca rooftops beside contemporary New York architecture

Rooted in real life

You couldn’t
make this place up.

Creator Neal Marshad has owned a co-op in Tribeca since 1977. His lived experience in the neighborhood inspired these stories.

Behind the mystery is a distinctly New York world: artists and new money, board meetings and old grudges, the fight to hold on to a place called home.

04 / The people behind the story

New York stories.
Cinematic instincts.

Neal Marshad

Creator, writer & producer

Emmy-winning producer and cinematographer known for Saturday Night Live and innovations in digital media. A Tribeca co-op owner since 1977.

Dash Finley

Co-writer

Writer and script analyst whose work includes projects for Nick Pesce, Bruno Barreto, and Jason Kliot.

G. Mac Brown

Producer

Veteran producer and production manager with credits including The Departed, Scent of a Woman, Unfaithful, and Men in Black III.

Jack Hudson

Actor & producer

Irish actor and producer whose projects include The Devil’s Train, The Rath and the Rock, and Burning.

Dann Florek

Director

The Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU actor and director is attached to direct one or two episodes.

Gabriel Beristain

Director

Cinematographer and director, attached to direct at least one episode. Brings decades of international film and television experience.

Danny Abeckaser

Director

A filmmaker working in crime, suspense, and character-driven stories, including The Engineer, Bardejov, and Mob Cops.

Matthew D. Panepinto

Producer

New York producer, director, writer, and production executive with more than two decades in film and television.

Barry Markowitz, ASC

Director of photography

Cinematographer known for Sling Blade, The Apostle, All the Pretty Horses, and Crazy Heart. Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

James Signorelli

Producer

Longtime Saturday Night Live film-segment producer, known for its iconic commercial parodies.

Music & sound

Rob Stoner

Bandleader & multi-instrumentalist

Former Bob Dylan musical director, with a career spanning “Desire,” “American Pie,” and decades of performance.

Steve Addabbo

Music producer & composer

Grammy-winning producer and engineer known for Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and Bob Dylan’s archival recordings.

John Lissauer

Composer, arranger & music producer

Producer and arranger of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” with a prolific career in film scoring.

Mushroom

Psychedelic jazz-rock group

An experimental collective bringing jazz fusion, improvisation, and ambient textures.

Wall of Fog

Rock collective

Atmospheric soundscapes built from layered guitars, analog textures, and immersive percussion.

Premik Russell Tubbs

Composer & musician

Multi-instrumentalist whose collaborations include Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana, Sting, and Lady Gaga.

Filius Blue

Composer duo

Alexander Stix-Brunell and Uriel Vanchestein blend modern production with symphonic storytelling.

Dore Coller

Singer-songwriter

Reggae rhythms and street-level storytelling bring an urban texture to the series.

The pilot’s musical vision includes a new cover of Link Wray’s “Rumble,” performed by Rob Stoner, as the series overture and the driving underscore of the cold-open bank heist.

Strategy & counsel

Jim Marsh

Marketing & transmedia advisor

Former HBO Senior Vice President of Marketing. Developed the series’ preliminary marketing plan, positioning, and audience strategy.

Mark Litwak

General counsel

Entertainment attorney specializing in film and television finance, production, and distribution.

A world beyond the episodes

The series is conceived to support story-aligned brand integrations, character-driven ancillary storytelling, and cultural conversations about real estate, power, and exclusivity. These are potential extensions, shaped by platform strategy, timing, and ownership.

Let’s talk Tribeca

The next chapter
starts here.

Contact Neal Marshad917.209.3467

Representation & business inquiries

Law Offices of
Mark Litwak & Associates

201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Law2@marklitwak.com
(310) 859-9595