Author: Martyna Majok
Year: 2025
Geography: Americas > Northern America > United States of America
Synopsis: Sanctuary City (2025) is a new creation by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Martyna Majok, and the story focuses in on two young girls that have both immigrated to Newark, New Jersey as children, and then we see how their world changes post 9/11 and through their hardships and connection, the two characters become each other’s sanctuaries in this new city for them. Through tough times, the two characters’ friendship starts to splinter and becomes fractured as the story progresses. The play focuses in on the DREAMers and the story itself fractures time and travels through memories for the characters.
Publication: Steppenwolf Theatre produced this play in 2023.
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