-Brenda Hillegas
photo by Wide Eyed Studios
Cost of Living ends is run at Philadelphia Theatre Company this Sunday, February 18th, and you should definitely make time in your schedule to see this one. Martyna Majok’s Tony-nominated play, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, tells the story of two different relationships between people with physical challenges and their caregivers. The one act show gives us a lot to think about- what exactly is the cost of living…
John (Christian Prentice) is a wealthy graduate student and Jess (Cianna Castro), who works in bars all night long, is looking for another job. College educated at Princeton, but not a nurse, John hires her to be his caregiver. Ani (Rachel Handler) is in a wheelchair following a terrible accident and must now rely on others to do the tasks she has always done herself. Her ex-husband, Eddie (Ross Beschler), is an out-of-work truck driver who offers to care for her.
Cost of Living isn’t just about the funds it takes to live each day, but also the emotional costs, the judgements, the challenges and the need for human connections and community. The show reminds us how much we rely on others, no matter what our situation is and how independent we may seem. The show ends with the plotlines coming together in a heartbreaking, yet hopeful way. Come see how these characters cope with the cost of existing and why we need each other.
Buy tickets online and use the code TOAST2LOVE for a free drink at the show (valid for performances on February 14th at 7pm, February 16th at 7pm, and February 17th at 8pm).
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