Martyna Majok’s play “Cost of Living” is getting another staging — this time on Broadway. Deadline reports that this production will debut on the Great White Way at The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in the fall. Katy Sullivan, who starred in the play’s previous Off Broadway run, will reprise her role.
There are no details yet about opening dates or previews.
The winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Cost of Living” delves into disability, caregiving, and privilege. Its synopsis reads: “What is the road that brought us here? Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, sits at a pub alone and remembers the last moments of his marriage to Ani. Overworked, under-qualified, and nearly homeless, 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. The histories, influences, and challenges of four lives converge in the meeting of two strangers in a small, empty apartment in Bayonne, NJ.”
“Cost of Living” premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2016 and was staged Off Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club in 2017. The Pulitzer committee called the play “an honest, original work that invites audiences to examine diverse perceptions of privilege and human connection through two pairs of mismatched individuals.”
Majok’s other plays include “Sanctuary City,” “Queens,” and “Ironbound.” She is developing a “Great Gatsby” stage musical with Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine.
Source: Women And Hollywood