THE COURTROOM
A Re-Enactment of One Woman’s Deportation Proceedings
Presented by the Lucille Lortel Theatre and Waterwell
Transcripts Arranged by Arian Moayed
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
The cast includes Kelli O’Hara, Michael Braun, Jennifer Ehle, Kristin Villanueva, Happy Anderson, Jayne Houdyshell, Michael Bryan French, Mick Hilgers, and Hanna Cheek.
An intimate encounter with our nation’s immigration court system, The Courtroom follows Elizabeth Keathley, an immigrant from the Philippines who was married to a U.S. Citizen came to this country in 2004 on a K3 Visa. After inadvertently registering to vote at the DMV in Bloomington, IL, receiving a voter registration card in the mail, and voting, her removal proceedings were set in motion. Her case began in Immigration Court and was eventually heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. The Courtroom is performed entirely verbatim from court transcripts.
This performance of The Courtroom is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The Lucille Lortel Theatre would like to thank Speaker Johnson’s generous Cultural Immigrant Initiative allocation to support this program.
