"Cost of Living"

"Cost of Living": Heartfelt, Funny Examination of Life & Love With Disabilities

Caring about people is hard; caring "for" them is even harder. That much is clear in Martyna Majok's acclaimed new play "Cost of Living", where two disabled people and their caregivers struggle to navigate their relationships in ways that are both achingly human and surprisingly humorous. Eddie, a truck driver, is ready to close the book on his relationship with his estranged wife when a freak accident leaves her in need of his around-the-clock care. Meanwhile, Jess, an unemployed barfly, takes a job caring for John, a paraplegic intellectual, without realizing how much responsibility and personal growth it will require of her. Praised by the "Boston Globe" as "poignant" and "a sharply insistent wakeup call," this funny, heartbreaking and wholly unpredictable play makes its New York premiere at the New York City Center.