Name: 72 Miles to Go...
Start: 2020-02-13 19:30:00
End: 2020-03-11 22:00:00
Location: Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

“It’s about being American, with or without the documentation to prove it. Its power is in its simplicity.”
—Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York Times

Seventy-two miles. That's the space between a recently deported mother in Nogales, Mexico and her husband and children in Tucson, Arizona.

It's distance measured in the graduations, anniversaries, and countless daily moments they spend apart—but also in the love that keeps them together, no matter where they are. Don't miss this profound and personal premiere from Juilliard playwright Hilary Bettis ("The Americans") and Jo Bonney (director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost of Living).

Running Time: 1 hour and 35 minutes, with no intermission.

“ ” This is rated 4 out of 5 stars

—Elysa Gardner, New York Stage Review

A woman with short black hair and bangs sits on a sofa with her feet propped on a coffee table. Behind her, a man with a shocked expression puts a hand on her shoulder, his other arm broken in a sling — Jacqueline Guillén and Bobby Moreno
Jeremy Daniel

A family of one woman and three men of varying ages gather in a sparse living room with concern. — Jacqueline Guillén, Triney Sandoval, Tyler Alvarez and Bobby Moreno
Jeremy Daniel

A woman with short black hair and bangs in a purple dress riding in the passenger seat of a car with a man. She looks out the window with pain and sorrow on her face. — Jacqueline Guillén and Triney Sandoval
Jeremy Daniel

A man with a short beard sits at a kitchen table eating a sandwich, and a younger man stands across from him while they smile and talk to each other. — Bobby Moreno and Tyler Alvarez
Jeremy Daniel

“It humanizes a predicament more often reduced to Washington debates.”
—Naveen Kumar, Time Out New York

Aaron: Tyler Alvarez
Eva: Jacqueline Guillén
Christian: Bobby Moreno
Anita: Maria Elena Ramirez
Billy: Triney Sandoval
u/s Eva, Anita: Fig Chilcott
u/s Billy: Eliud Kauffman
u/s Christian, Aaron: Matthew Martinez

Playwright: Hilary Bettis
Set Design: Rachel Hauck
Costume Design: Emilio Sosa
Lighting Design: Lap Chi Chu
Sound Design: Elisheba Ittoop
Vocal & Dialect Coach: Deborah Hecht
Production Stage Manager: Donald Fried
Director: Jo Bonney

Two women sit behind white tables in a rehearsal studio. In front of them are scripts in binders, and behind them are set and costume inspiration photos. — Playwright Hilary Bettis and Director Jo Bonney
Jeremy Daniel

In a rehearsal studio, three actors portraying family members sit around a kitchen table in a tense discussion. — Jacqueline Guillen, Bobby Moreno and Tyler Alvarez
Jeremy Daniel

A man in a flannel with short dark brown hair and a light beard rests his face in his hand while leaning on a table with a beer bottle. — Bobby Moreno
Jeremy Daniel

An older man with longer, graying hair and graying facial hair sits across from a younger man in a flannel. A beer bottle and coffe mug sits on the table between them. — Triney Sandoval
Jeremy Daniel

A young man sits at a table in a rehearsal kitchen set and flips through a thick book. — Tyler Alvarez
Jeremy Daniel

A young man and woman sit at a kitchen table in the rehearsal studio. On their table is a pack of cookies, a Capri Sun, and a beer bottle. — Tyler Alvarez and Jacqueline Guillen
Jeremy Daniel

Major support for 72 Miles to Go… is provided by the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater and the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

This production is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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Jodi Glucksman
Sylvia Golden
Angelina Lippert
K. Myers
Katheryn Patterson and Tom Kempner
Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Ira Pittelman
Mary Solomon
Lauren and Danny Stein
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
The Tow Foundation

72 Miles to Go... was developed in part with the support of the Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) Festival at Two River Theater, in Red Bank, NJ.

72 Miles to Go... received a workshop at the Alley Theatre (James Black, Interim Artistic Director and Dean R. Gladden, Managing Director).

72 Miles to Go... received its first professional reading as part of PlayFest at Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF in 2018.