Up Theater Company Announces World Premiere of DETAINED

Northern Manhattan's UP Theater Company is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Detained, written by Rose-Mary Harrington (Six Seconds, There is No Dash), and directed by Washington Heights resident Nancy Robillard (National Pastime,Four), set to play The Garret at Fort Washington Collegiate (729 W. 181 St) from April 11-28, 2018.

In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security opened the first family detention center for undocumented immigrants - at a former prison in Texas, surrounded by razor wire fencing and operated by the nation's largest for-profit corrections company. None of the detainees have criminal records, yet they are treated as if they do. They're required to wear orange prison jump suits. Their meals, recreation, and family time are rigorously regulated. Their communication with the outside world is strictly limited. There is no privacy. This is the world of Detained, in which Doug and Maria, teenagers from different lands, forge an alliance to help each other's families survive incarceration and escape deportation. In the face of oppression and humiliation, the teenagers unite against a deeply fractured system in their fight for freedom.

The creative team features set designer Duane Pagano (Jack Goes Boating, Getting Out), lighting designer Diana Duecker (Believers, The Chekhov Dreams), sound designer David Margolin Lawson (The Crusade of Connor Stephens, The Children of Salt), costume designer Brenna McShane (Merciful Father, The Elephant in Every Room) and stage manager Lisa Stafford (The Chekov Dreams). Casting will be announced at a later date.

THE GARRET at FORT WASHINGTON COLLEGIATE

729 W. 181st State

https://www.fortwashingtonchurch.org/

Performance Schedule:

Performances run Wed-Sat at 7:30PM from Wednesday, April 11- Saturday, April 28.

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