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One of the best plays I’ve ever read. As a playwright, it transformed my thinking about storytelling and taught me so much. It is such a poignant, thought-provoking, powerful play. What a masterpiece.

This piece blew my mind in all of the best ways. It was full of every ounce of heart you can muster and a story that truly felt like a window into the daily lives of everyday people. Rather than focusing on disabilities, it focused on the people, and their struggles with staying afloat in a world where anyone individual moment can hurdle you into personal and financial ruin. The story brought tears to my eye and launched so many conversations within my household. An INCREDIBLE show!

Words can't do justice to how much I love this play and how much I was moved and just blown away by it. Haunting and masterful. (Not downloadable because published but I'm so glad I purchased it!)

I love every second of this play, it has so much heart, so much vulnerability. Majok understands how to pry people apart in a way that's healing and cathartic to the reader. This play shakes you, and that's what I want my theatre to do.

One of my favorite reading experiences of all time. Perfectly paced development of relationships, building in startling intimacy, spiritual and sensual and sexy. The bathing scene! Producers --this should be your first choice for a play on disability to consider for your season. Marvelous, masterful work!

There are experiences that you have as a reader that leave you humbled by the talent, humanity and obvious love given to text by the author. Majok has done that and so much more with COST OF LIVING. The play captures you from the very first monologue. The conversation flows so beautifully and the silence speak so much more than any measure of dialogue. To read the script is to read a virtuoso creating endlessly accessible dialogue and story. It's stunning and absolutely heartrending. Read this play and let it wash over you like a Satie miniature. What gorgeous writing.

Class, ableism, and the human desire to be seen all play a part in this beautifully-written and super-compelling play. The story follows two equally involving narratives-- one about an overworked Princeton graduate who cares for a wealthy graduate student, and the other about a man caring for his wife in the wake of a debilitating accident. The dialogue flows musically, and you root for these people to connect with one another. Two fantastic roles for disables actors a plus, too. Highly recommended.

After reading the script and having viewed the subsequent production at Manhattan Theatre Club, it became apparent that American theatre had welcome a titan into their ranks. The characters and situations of Majok's play are treated with a great deal of emotional depth and striking psychological complexity. Class and ableism are portrayed with a delicate balance. The highlight? It's likely you'll be in awe of the bathtub sequences between Eddie and Ani, where a poignant and hyper-sensual plinking of a 'piano' turns to on-the-edge-of-your-seat terror the next. Exciting stuff.

If you've forgotten what it's like to begin reading a new play with no expectations and suddenly be blown away by the beauty, magic, craft, humanity, and love that you wish every new play could be, then read this play. Now. I read it this morning and have already told at least five people about it, and I won't stop.

I don't say this lightly: this is one of the most stunning plays I've read. It's characters and situations are so clear and seemingly simple - but are revealed to have true emotional depth and complexity. There's a striking sensitivity and sensuality to the writing. I particularly love the scenes where Jess is shaving John and Eddie is "playing piano" on Ani. Also, that bathtub scene between Eddie and Ani made me audibly gasp; it's one of the most brilliant scenes I've encountered...like, ever. It's a breathtaking work that left me thinking about it for days after.