Sanctuary City

Producers Level Forward and Colt Coeur have announced a one-night-only benefit reading of Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City starring Lola Tung (“The Summer I Turned Pretty,” Hadestown) and Daniel Bravo Hernández (Romeo and Juliet). The October 9 reading, to be directed by Caitlin Sullivan, will benefit RAICES, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes migrant justice for immigrant, refugee and asylum-seeking people and families. The reading will be performed at New York Theatre Workshop, the original producer of the premiere production in 2020. Sanctuary City takes place in a post-9/11 Newark, NJ, where two teenagers who were brought to the United States as children become one another’s sanctuaries. 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. Proceeds from the evening will benefit RAICES, supporting their legal and social services work and cultivating welcoming communities that uphold collective democratic freedom. Tickets start at $79.