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One-Night-Only Reading of SANCTUARY CITY

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Please join us for a one-night-only reading of
SANCTUARY CITY
By Martyna Majok
Directed by Caitlin Sullivan

Featuring Lola Tung and Daniel Bravo Hernández

October 9, 2026—October 9, 2026

The runtime is approximately 100 minutes, no intermission.
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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.

“I’m beyond thrilled to be sharing Sanctuary City again, in a place which is home to so many souls and those who love and care for those souls’ well-being—people who live the experiences of these characters, and far, far beyond,” said Martyna Majok. She continued, “I’m exceedingly proud to be coming together in support and admiration of RAICES, one of our most vital national organizations, fighting for American ideals of life, liberty, and justice for all by defending immigrants’ rights, at this especially crucial time. This play is a love letter to friendship, ambition despite the odds, and the working class immigrant’s dream of a full, expansive life in their own homes.”

“Because stories change the world, we’re bringing Sanctuary City back, at a time when change is desperately needed. Sanctuary City reflects our reality, and wedges open a window view of what can be. Artists are standing up. Audiences are standing up. Service organizations defending immigrant rights are standing up. Together, through imagination, creativity, and collective action, we rise,” said Level Forward.

CAST / CREATIVE

  • LOLA TUNG

    G

    LOLA TUNG has quickly emerged as one of Hollywood’s most exciting and sought-after rising stars, captivating global audiences with her breakout, star-making performance as Belly in the cultural phenomenon “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Following the series’ extraordinary success, Tung recently wrapped production on the highly anticipated feature film continuation, which will bring the beloved story to its conclusion.

    Most recently, Tung starred opposite Lili Reinhart in the film “Forbidden Fruits” and appeared in “Chasing Summer,” directed by acclaimed filmmaker Josephine Decker, which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. She also recently completed production on “The Young People for NEON”, directed by Osgood Perkins and co-starring Nicole Kidman and Nico Parker. It was recently announced that Tung will next join Gracie Abrams and Connor Storrie in Halina Reijn’s forthcoming A24 film “Please.”

    Beyond the screen, Tung made her celebrated Broadway debut as Eurydice in the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown, further establishing herself as a dynamic and versatile performer.

    A native New Yorker, Tung graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious School of Drama.

  • DANIEL BRAVO HERNÁNDEZ

    B

    DANIEL BRAVO HERNÁNDEZ is a NYC actor born and raised. As a son of Mexican-Dominican parents he is thrilled to be doing a reading of Sanctuary City for RAICES. Credits include, Broadway: Romeo + Juliet (2024). Off-Broadway: Much Ado about Nothing (The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit). World premiere of Spread (INTAR). Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Park). He’d like to thank The Stars of Tomorrow Project, mentor/friend Brian D. Hills, Clara Bello, Lucia Rogerson, HCKR, and his family. Sobre todo gracias a Dios.

MARTYNA MAJOK / PLAYWRIGHT

MARTYNA MAJOK was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her Broadway debut play, Cost of Living, which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Other plays include Sanctuary City, Queens, and Ironbound and librettos for Gatsby: An American Myth, with music by Florence Welch and Girl, Interrupted, with music by Aimee Mann. Other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, Arthur Miller Foundation Legacy Award, Obie Award, Hull-Warriner Award, Academy of Arts and Letters’ Benjamin Hadley Danks Award, Sun Valley Playwrights Residency Award, Off Broadway Alliance Best New Play Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Hermitage Greenfield Prize, Champions of Change Award from NYC Mayor’s Office, Francesca Primus Prize, two Jane Chambers Playwriting Awards, Lanford Wilson Prize, Lilly Award, Helen Merrill Playwright Award, Helen Hayes Award, Jean Kennedy Smith Award, ANPF Women’s Invitational Prize, David Calicchio Prize, Global Age Project Prize, NYTW 2050 Fellowship, NNPN Smith Prize for Political Playwriting, and Merage Foundation Fellowship for The American Dream. Martyna studied at Yale School of Drama, Juilliard, University of Chicago, and Jersey public schools. She was an NNPN playwright-in-residence, PoNY Fellow at the Lark Play Development Center, and Hodder Fellow at Princeton University. Martyna is adapting Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” for Broadway, has developed TV projects for HBO and is writing a number of feature films, including “Audition,” with Lulu Wang. Her first screenplay, “Preparation for the Next Life,” was nominated for a Gotham Award and The Humanitas Prize. Martyna was named amongst Forbes’ 250 Greatest Living Self-Made Americans.

CAITLIN SULLIVAN / DIRECTOR

CAITLIN SULLIVAN is a New York-based director and theater maker. Recent work includes the world premieres of Eat Me (South Coast Rep); Calf Scramble (Primary Stages); Ohio (Edinburgh Fringe, Bristol Old Vic, Fringe First Award); The Antiquities (Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard Theater, Goodman Theater, Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Director); The Keep Going Songs (LCT3, Obie Award); Find Me Here and WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY (Clubbed Thumb); The Good John Proctor (Bedlam, The New Yorker’s Best Theatre of 2023); Nova (The Lyceum Edinburgh, Pemberley), and Sanctuary City (New York Theatre Workshop).

Caitlin was a founding member and the Artistic Director of Seattle’s critically acclaimed Satori Group. Born and raised in Boston (Dorchester!), she is a graduate of Williams College, an alum of the Drama League Directors Project and Next Stage Artist Residency, a former Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and a New Georges Affiliate Artist. www.caitlinesullivan.com

NEWS

This one-night-only benefit performance raising funds for RAICES is not included in NYTW 2026/27 season ticket packages.

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