Author: Hilary Bettis
Year: 2020
Geography: Americas > Northern America > United States of America
Synopsis: The distance between Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico is 72 miles. Though not technically far in distance, the miles have the weight of an ever-changing country where home and safety are never near. Anita is deported for trying to cross the U.S. border illegally, 72 miles away to Mexico, from her American born family in Tucson, Arizona. Anita is now living away from her family in a shelter as they grapple with the loss of their mother. The play takes place over ten years as a family in the face of the big picture issues of immigration laws deal with zoomed-in interpersonal dramas as humans. The family desperately try to close the distance of those 72 miles in between them but are faced with a mangle of red tape and challenges that makes those miles feel farther and farther away.
Publication: Samuel French Inc. Published edition: Samuel French Inc. Concord Theatricals
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