BorderLands

by Jaisey Bates

SHORT ONE-ACT.
A grieving father, a new border patrol officer, two lost children and The Man in the Maze cross paths in the BorderLands under the Sonoran Desert sun. A Peoplehood REAL TIME one-act play by Jaisey Bates. Part of #TheatreActionImmigration.

SHORT ONE-ACT.
A grieving father, a new border patrol officer, two lost children and The Man in the Maze cross paths in the BorderLands under the Sonoran Desert sun. A Peoplehood REAL TIME one-act play by Jaisey Bates. Part of #TheatreActionImmigration.

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BorderLands

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  • Kristen Palmer: BorderLands by Jaisey Bates
    “

    A powerful offering with multiple ways to stage or read the play provided. With writing that takes the reader into the moment, into the people and the place viscerally.

    A powerful offering with multiple ways to stage or read the play provided. With writing that takes the reader into the moment, into the people and the place viscerally.

    ”
  • Chelsea Frandsen: BorderLands by Jaisey Bates
    “

    A look at racism and immigration at written at a time we so need to hear about it. Thought provoking, hard-hitting, and fascinating, Jaisey Bates kept me rivited.

    A look at racism and immigration at written at a time we so need to hear about it. Thought provoking, hard-hitting, and fascinating, Jaisey Bates kept me rivited.

    ”
  • Ellen Koivisto: BorderLands by Jaisey Bates
    “

    A beautiful, lyrical, ferocious meditation on lost minutes and last chances and the racism that corrodes the country, among so many other things. A 7-year old girl is lost, trying to cross the desert. Her mother is dead. The father of a murdered son tries to find the girl. A border patrol agent finds him instead.

    A beautiful, lyrical, ferocious meditation on lost minutes and last chances and the racism that corrodes the country, among so many other things. A 7-year old girl is lost, trying to cross the desert. Her mother is dead. The father of a murdered son tries to find the girl. A border patrol agent finds him instead.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, Antaeus Theatre Company class for actors interested in new play development - Oct, 2018