Martyna Majok reflects on writing and what drives her. Her play, Sanctuary City, from New York Theatre Workshop has been hailed as transcendent and masterful.
, from New York Theatre Workshop , is now playing at The Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall, the play centers around two teenage friends. G, , is newly naturalized. B, , is undocumented. Their lifelong bond runs deep but is constantly tested as they try to navigate how to survive in the United States. team also includes actor Austin Smith, Caitlin Sullivan, , Tom Scutt , Isabella Byrd , Mikaal Sulaiman and Merrick A.B. Williams .
I would go backwards from those actions and try to collect them in dialogue to understand people better as well as myself. I discovered one of the things I loved about writing for theater was that I had to be every character. Nobody could be just a victim. It let me embody their consciousness and helped me have a closer understanding of other people as well as myself. Majok: