City Garage is proud to present the west coast premieres of two plays dealing with displaced people. Though "Bounds" is from Sicily, and "I Want A Country" is from Greece, both speak to not just the worldwide crisis of unwanted refugees and vilified immigrants, but to the hunger, here as elsewhere, for a more just, humane, and compassionate society.

“I Want a Country”

by Andreas Flourakis

Translated by Eleni Drivas

A group of people huddle in the darkness, clutching suitcases and umbrellas. They have lost their country. Where did it go? They wander in search of a new one. They complain, argue, debate, talk about what makes a place feel like home. Together, they imagine what the country of their dreams would be like: a place where they could find peace, justice, and kindness at last. Though written by Flourakis about the Greek financial crisis of the early 2010s, this haunting and poetic text speaks just as powerfully to our own political moment here in the United States where so many long to replace division and enmity with connection and understanding.

See both plays by going also to "Bounds" at City Garage.