Cost Of Living

Cost Of Living

Cost Of Living

Cost Of Living

Overview

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Overworked but struggling, Jess takes a job as a caregiver for John, a brusque but bright graduate student who has cerebral palsy. Eddie is an unemployed truck driver who reaches a fragile détente with his estranged wife Ani after a devastating car accident requires her to go through a double above-the-knee amputation. With an unsentimental but keen eye, Majok deftly challenges the typical perceptions of those living with disabilities and delves deep into the ways class, race, nationality, and wealth (or lack thereof) can create gulfs between people, even as they long for the ability to connect.

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Martyna Majok

Martyna Majok was born in Bytom, Poland, and aged in Jersey and Chicago. Productions include QUEENS (Lincoln Center Theatre/LCT3, Upcoming), COST OF LIVING (Manhattan Theatre Club and Williamstown Theatre Festival) and IRONBOUND (Ratllestick Playwrights Theater/Women's Projec ...
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