I started writing Eddie Torres to, I guess, escape my thoughts about all that. I had just lost my job, we had no money, were barely recovering from bedbugs, and there was a blizzard outside. It was my first year in New York: that was the year my husband and I lived in thirteen apartments because of various financial struggles. The first thing I wrote was the opening Eddie monologue. What was the impetus for writing Cost of Living? WTF Associate Director Laura Savia sat down with playwright Martyna Majok and director Jo Bonney to discuss why these stories are important and why Williamstown Theatre Festival is the right place to tell them. Cost of Living examines stories of disability, privilege, and marginalization. BETWEEN THE LINES – COST OF LIVING: A weekly look at the creative process through a literary lens.
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