Refuge

REFUGE follows a South Texas Rancher who finds an undocumented teenage migrant from Honduras passed out on his land, a female Latina border patrol agent who is trying to find someone lost in the desert, and the animals who are just trying to survive – as everything is illegal in the desert.

REFUGE follows a South Texas Rancher who finds an undocumented teenage migrant from Honduras passed out on his land, a female Latina border patrol agent who is trying to find someone lost in the desert, and the animals who are just trying to survive – as everything is illegal in the desert.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Refuge

    This play is a call to action. A call to empathy for people who only want a better life. This needs to be produced all over. This play could not be more relevant. These characters are so richly written and find ways to surprise each other and suprise us as the audience. I loved the use of the ensemble as they invite the audience in to the piece through their poetic dialogue and music. Loved the choice to make the Spanish untranslated. This is a play that will connect people and help us realize no one is illegal.

    This play is a call to action. A call to empathy for people who only want a better life. This needs to be produced all over. This play could not be more relevant. These characters are so richly written and find ways to surprise each other and suprise us as the audience. I loved the use of the ensemble as they invite the audience in to the piece through their poetic dialogue and music. Loved the choice to make the Spanish untranslated. This is a play that will connect people and help us realize no one is illegal.

  • Paco José Madden: Refuge

    A poetic meditation on the suffering of immigrants crossing the U.S. - Mexico border. Rosendorf humanizes the lives of an immigrant, a rancher, and a border patrol agent in unique and surprising ways. The play illuminates the our common connection beyond arbitrary borders, race, or the luck of the draw where one was born. An important play for our times. 5 out of 5 stars!

    A poetic meditation on the suffering of immigrants crossing the U.S. - Mexico border. Rosendorf humanizes the lives of an immigrant, a rancher, and a border patrol agent in unique and surprising ways. The play illuminates the our common connection beyond arbitrary borders, race, or the luck of the draw where one was born. An important play for our times. 5 out of 5 stars!

  • Anne G. Morgan: Refuge

    This is a gorgeously urgent play, with a clear focus on its characters, a deep theatricality, and a lyric poeticism. 

    This is a gorgeously urgent play, with a clear focus on its characters, a deep theatricality, and a lyric poeticism. 

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Curious Theatre Company, Year 2020
  • Type Workshop, Organization Great Plains Theatre Conference, Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization Colorado New Play Festival, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Campfire Theatre Festival, Year 2019

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