The play “Sanctuary City” is set in or near Newark, New Jersey, in the early 2000s, not long after 9/11. It focuses on two young people — 17 years old when the play starts, 21 when it ends. They don’t have names but are listed as just B for Boy (Grant Kennedy Lewis) and G for Girl (Jocelyn Zamudio).
This choice may well have to do with the fact that they are both immigrants brought to America as kids, but their countries of origin are never made explicit. Names could set expectations for casting or require cultural specifics that playwright Martyna Majok is less interested in than the more universal experiences of what we’d now call “Dreamers,” not quite at home in their home.
