Overview
Finalist! 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist! 2019 American Blues Theater Blue Ink Playwriting Award 72 miles. It's the distance between Tucson Arizona and Nogales Mexico - and the distance between deported immigrant Anita and her American-born husband and children. 72 Miles to Go... follows one family over a decade as they come of age fall in love ght in wars and ght for each other - against the backdrop of deportation DACA and changing immigration laws.
Full Product Details
Author: Hilary Bettis
Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
Imprint: Samuel French Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 0.40cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.091kg
ISBN: 9780573709890
ISBN 10: 0573709890
Pages: 84
Publication Date: 02 October 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Humanizes a predicament more often reduced to Washington debates."" - Time Out New York ""Hilary Bettis puts five human faces on a national disgrace that most New York theatergoers only read about or see in news snippets on MSNBC... Bettis' big moments remain devastating to watch."" - The Wrap ""The story of a family that wants more than anything to blend in to live regular American lives. The play's poignancy lies in how mercilessly di cult that is and how precarious for all of them."" - The New York Times ÿ�ÿ�""This play is about being American with or without the documentation to prove it... Its power is in its simplicity."" - The New York Times ""The work follows quite effectively one Tucson Arizona family from 2008 to 2016 as they ght the currently worsening United States immigrant policies and their e ect on families involved."" - New York Stage Review"
"""Humanizes a predicament more often reduced to Washington debates."" - Time Out New York ""Hilary Bettis puts five human faces on a national disgrace that most New York theatergoers only read about or see in news snippets on MSNBC... Bettis' big moments remain devastating to watch."" - The Wrap ""The story of a family that wants more than anything to blend in, to live regular American lives. The play's poignancy lies in how mercilessly di cult that is, and how precarious for all of them."" - The New York Times ""This play is about being American, with or without the documentation to prove it... Its power is in its simplicity."" - The New York Times ""The work follows, quite effectively, one Tucson, Arizona family from 2008 to 2016 as they ght the currently worsening United States immigrant policies and their e ect on families involved."" - New York Stage Review"
