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Lagralane and Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble present

“Safe Harbor” by Tira Palmquist, directed by Anita Dashiell-Sparks

What Sasha Jones wants more than anything else is to have her mother back – or maybe just to go to the mall. Mikayla Reese wants, someday, to go to space – or maybe find a home to call her own. They may never get what they want – not now, not ever – yet they cling to the impossible. Now, they find themselves in increasingly dangerous circumstances, making increasingly desperate choices, facing increasingly treacherous consequences. All they want is a safe harbor – but this dream isn’t as easy – or as safe – as it seems.

“Safe Harbor” tackles the hard truth behind sex trafficking – commercial sexual exploitation of minors – and how easily young women can disappear.

November 9th through December 15th, 2019, with previews on November 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2019. Performing 8:00 pm on Saturdays, 3:00 pm on Sundays, and 8:00 pm on Mondays; select performances at 7:00 pm on Sundays on November 24th, December 1st, and December 8th, 2019.

“Safe Harbor” stars Yumarie Morales, Cymya Wynne, Yvonne Huff Lee, Scott Victor Nelson, Sydney A. Mason and Jason Delane Lee.

Palmquist’s plays include Overburden, Two Degrees (Denver Center), Ten Mile Lake (Serenbe Playhouse), Age of Bees (MadLab Theater, Tesseract), And Then They Fell (Brimmer Street, New York Film Academy), among others.

This is the first production of Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble’s “Cycle of Violence” Commission Series. The series began in 2017 and is focused on provocative, heart-breaking, and illuminating stories that drive social change. In addition to “Safe Harbor” which tackles the theme of sex trafficking, other commission series plays will explore the intricacies of honor killings (by playwright T. Tara Turk-Haynes), convict reintegration, and immigration.

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