One of Manhattan's most established play festivals, the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival fosters the work of emerging writers, giving them the exposure of publication and representation.
The festival resulting in this collection was held August 5th - 10th at Playwrights Horizons on 42nd Street in New York City.
From the initial pool of 1,385 submissions, the Final Thirty plays were chosen to be performed over a period of one week. A panel of judges comprised of celebrity pl

Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 39th Series

Literature & Fiction

Majok, Martyna

Winkler, Leah Nanako

Younger, Kelly

Dramas & Plays

Concord Theatricals

"At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it's time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, and three relationships, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both. Martyna Majok's 'Ironbound' is a darkly funny, heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury -- and a liability -- as she fights to survive in America."-- Page 4 of cover.

Ironbound

Dramatist's Play Service

"What is the road that brought us here? Unemployed truck driver Eddie sits at a bar alone, recalling his final moments with wife, Ani Luz, when a car accident turned the focus of their relationship from divorcing to caregiving. Overworked and underpaid, Jess takes on another job to make ends meet--this time, as a personal caregiver for a wealthy and beautiful graduate student named John, who has cerebral palsy. "Cost of Living" is a play that delves into the chasm between abundance and need and explores the space where bodies--abled and disabled, rich and poor--meet each other."--

Cost of Living

Height of Summer: New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021, The: Paradise Blue; Cost of Living; Actually; Where Storms Are Born; Selling ... Horizons (Methuen Drama Play Collections, 31)

Review\n"The quality shines through in this selection." ―British Theatre Guide\nFew institutions have as profound an impact on the American theatrical landscape as the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts.\nNew Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021 provides a sample of the dozens of plays that have been created and/or premiered at the Festival during the Artistic Directorship of Mandy Greenfield. In addition to stories that shine a light into new or underexplored corners of the human condition, these plays frequently feature complex and boundary-pushing central roles for women actors.\nThese six plays are manifestations of living, American playwrights grappling with and breathing dramatic life into the conflicts and questions at the heart of who we were, who we are, and who we will become. These plays imagine and interrogate pieces of the human experience we are still in the midst of unpacking and understanding.\nComplete with introductions by each of the authors reflecting on their work, these historic, award-winning, and groundbreaking plays now live in conversation with one another in this unique collection.

The Height of Summer: New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021: Paradise Blue; Cost of Living; Actually; Where Storms Are Born; Selling ... Horizons (Methuen Drama Play Collections, 31)

Morisseau, Dominique

Ziegler, Anna

Wohl, Bess

Khoury, Sylvia

Rivers, Harrison David

Methuen Drama

Few institutions have as profound an impact on the American theatrical landscape as the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021 provides a sample of the dozens of plays that have been created and/or premiered at the Festival during the Artistic Directorship of Mandy Greenfield. In addition to stories that shine a light into new or underexplored corners of the human condition, these plays frequently feature complex and boundary-pushing central roles for women actors. These six plays are manifestations of living, American playwrights grappling with and breathing dramatic life into the conflicts and questions at the heart of who we were, who we are, and who we will become. These plays imagine and interrogate pieces of the human experience we are still in the midst of unpacking and understanding. Complete with introductions by each of the authors reflecting on their work, these historic, award-winning, and groundbreaking plays now live in conversation with one another in this unique collection.

“Immensely haunting… The first of many great things about Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living… is the way it slams the door on uplifting stereotypes… Ms. Majok has engineered her plot to lead naturally to moments of intense and complicated pungency… If you don’t find yourself in someone in Cost of Living, you’re not looking.” —Jesse Green, New York Times Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Cost of Living deftly challenges the typical perceptions of those living with disabilities and delves deep into the ways class, race, nationality, and wealth can create gulfs between people, even as they long for the ability to connect. Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, and his estranged ex-wife, Ani, find themselves unexpectedly reunited after a terrible accident leaves her quadriplegic. John, a brilliant PhD student with cerebral palsy, hires Jess, a first-generation recent graduate who has fallen on desperate times, as his new aide.

Cost of Living (TCG Edition)

Theatre Communications Group

Two compelling, uncompromising plays about the immigrantexperience by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Cost of Living.&nbsp;With humor, grace, and an unsentimental eye, Martyna Majok explores thechallenges immigrants face as they strive to carve out a place in a harsh andoften indifferent America. In Ironbound, Darja, a Polish immigrant, negotiatesthe terms for her future at a rundown bus stop in New Jersey. Over the courseof 20 years and three relationships, Darja's initial search for love becomeseclipsed by her desire for security and survival. In Sanctuary City, twoundocumented teenagers seek refuge in each other and make a pact to stake theirclaim in America together. But as their experiences and opportunities diverge,their bonds begin to fray, and each must make a difficult choice about whatthey are willing to sacrifice for their dreams.

Ironbound & Sanctuary City: Two Plays

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