Overview
In post-9/11 Newark, NJ, two teenagers who were brought to America as children become one another’s sanctuaries from harsh circumstances. When G becomes naturalized, she and B hatch a plan to marry so that he may legally remain in the country and pursue the future he imagines for his life. But as time hurtles on and complications mount, the young friends find that this act challenges and fractures the closest relationship either has ever had.
Casting & Production
Casting
G — ages 17-21, female
B — ages 17-21, male
HENRY — older, male
G and B were born in other countries and brought to America young.
HENRY is first generation. Born in America of immigrant parents.
All have American mouths. All raised working class.
Setting
Newark and thereabouts.
2001-2006.
A bare stage. And then perhaps a surprise.
Reviews
“I have rarely seen a play that so effectively embodies the way external forces in this case, immigration policies in the United States—distort the inner lives of actual humans. What love is, and can ever mean, is lost in the muddle between the heart and the law.”
—Jesse Green, The New York Times
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