Cost Of Living
Roberts Studio Theatre - 527 Tremont Street
“One of the most extraordinary pieces of theatre I’ve seen in a long time”–Jared Bowen, GBH
“Heart, soul, and a surgical precision–Cost of Living has a lot going for it”–Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
“Full of exquisitely tender moments tinged with searing sadness, loneliness, and love”–Jacquinn Sinclair, WBUR
“A legitimately great work of theatre!”–Kitty Drexel, New England Theatre Geek
“A powerful, emotionally charged drama that will have you talking about it long after you leave the theater”–Kevin Baldwin, METRMag
Winner! 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! In this wry and quietly observed play, Polish-born playwright Martyna Majok interweaves the stories of four lonely souls to examine the forces that bring people together and the ways we all need each other. Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, and his estranged ex-wife, Ani, find themselves unexpectedly reunited after she suffers a devastating accident. And John, a brilliant PhD student with cerebral palsy, hires Jess, a first-generation Princeton graduate who has fallen on desperate times, as his new aide. Together these powerful stories comment on the complexity of caring and being cared for, and “the various tenderness’s of simply being human.” (The Daily Beast)
Written By Martyna Majok
Directed by Alex Lonati
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“One of the most extraordinary pieces of theatre I’ve seen in a long time”–Jared Bowen, GBH
“Heart, soul, and a surgical precision–Cost of Living has a lot going for it”–Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
“Full of exquisitely tender moments tinged with searing sadness, loneliness, and love”–Jacquinn Sinclair, WBUR
“A legitimately great work of theatre!”–Kitty Drexel, New England Theatre Geek
“A powerful, emotionally charged drama that will have you talking about it long after you leave the theater”–Kevin Baldwin, METRMag
Winner! 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! In this wry and quietly observed play, Polish-born playwright Martyna Majok interweaves the stories of four lonely souls to examine the forces that bring people together and the ways we all need each other. Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, and his estranged ex-wife, Ani, find themselves unexpectedly reunited after she suffers a devastating accident. And John, a brilliant PhD student with cerebral palsy, hires Jess, a first-generation Princeton graduate who has fallen on desperate times, as his new aide. Together these powerful stories comment on the complexity of caring and being cared for, and “the various tenderness’s of simply being human.” (The Daily Beast)
Written By Martyna Majok
Directed by Alex Lonati
Tickets are on sale now. If you would like to subscribe, click HERE for more info.
Duration
1 hour 40 minutes
Notable Dates
Audio Description:
Friday, March 22, 2024 at 8pm
Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 3pm
Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 2pm
Open Captioning:
Friday, March 29, 2024 at 8pmSaturday, March 30, 2024 at 2pm
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Presented By:
Speakeasy Stage Company
SpeakEasy Stage is a non-profit theatre company located in the South End of Boston. Led by award-winning Producing Artistic Director Paul Daigneault, we produce 28 weeks of new plays and musicals each season at the Nancy and Ed Roberts Studio Theater in the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.
Calderwood Pavilion/BCA, 527 Tremont St
The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.
Directions and parking for the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA