Ironbound
by Martina Majok
Direction – Alastair Clark
Set – Jeremy Allen
Costume – Maya Keys
Sound – Benjamin Freeman
Light – Alexander Berlage
Associate Light – Kelsey Lee
Stage Management – Jess Serio
with Gabrielle Scawthorn, Benedict Wall, Abe Mitchell and Ryan Morgan
For twenty-two years Darja sits at a derelict bus stop. An immigrant from Poland, she negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both. The hope of a better life in America is turning out to be impossible.
Martyna Majok, recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, has crafted a play about the constant battle to eke out a modest existence as a woman at the bottom of the heap.
Ironbound was performed at the Kings Cross Theatre in association with An Assorted Few.
“A knock-out. Ironbound tears the veneer away from human interaction as brutally as a builder rips a wood-grain facade from a 1970s kitchen. Alastair Clark has the playwright’s intent projecting like thorns on which we keep snagging ourselves. Gabrielle Scawthorn has Darja’s essence spilling off the bus-stop bench like it’s raining verity and there’s no roof beneath which to shelter.” – Sydney Morning Herald