Sanctuary City is a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok abount two teenage immigrants, B and G, in post 9/11 Neward, NJ, who navigate their friendship and the precarioussness of their lives as undocumented residents in America. The story follows their bond as they face the threat of deportation, culminating in a pact to marry for legal status, which tests their relationship as they grow into young adults and confront the harsh realities of their situation. The play explores themes of love, belonging, sacrifice, and the meaning of "home" through a non-linear, time-fracturing structure. 

Performances 08/13/26-08/16/26 and 08/19/26-08/22/26 at MadLab, 227 N 3rd Street, Columbus, OH 43215

Preview August 13 at 7:30 PM (Tickets $20)

August  14 & 15  at 8:00 PM

August 16 at 2 PM

August 19 & 20 at 7:30 PM August 21 & 22 at 8:00 PM

In 1976 Andy Warhol, having re-invented himself as the portrait painter of the rich and famous, travels to Tehran commissioned to take polaroids of the Shah's wife. Amidst taking in the Crown Jewels and ordering room service caviar, Warhol encounters a young revolutionary who throws his plans into turmoil and opens the pop icon's eyes to a world beyond himself. A fictionalized portrait of the artist's famed visit to Iran that leaves you asking, "Who was the artist and who was the revolutionary?"

Performances 09/10/26-09/13/26 and 09/16/26-09/19/26

Preview September 10 at 7:30 PM (Tickets $22)

September 11 & 12 at 8:00 PM

Septmber 13 at 2 PM

September 16 & 17 at 7:30 PM September 18 & 19 at 8:00 PM