Overview
- Martyna Majok’s revised Queens opened Off-Broadway November 5 at Manhattan Theatre Club’s City Center Stage I.
- Trip Cullman directs a cast led by Marin Ireland as Renia with Julia Lester, Nicole Villamil, Anna Chlumsky, Brooke Bloom, Nadine Malouf, Andrea Syglowski, and Sharlene Cruz.
- Set between 2001 and 2017 in an illegally subdivided Queens basement, the play centers on immigrant women confronting sacrifice, separation, and the costs of opportunity.
- Critics praise the acting—especially Ireland—and detailed staging, while pointing to structural density and a sluggish build that blunts momentum.
- Majok frames this as a newly reimagined version of her 2018 LCT3 play, with design by Marsha Ginsberg, Ben Stanton, Sarah Laux, and Mikaal Sulaiman, and the run is scheduled through November 30.