Just Like Us reading

Rogue Productions and 50 Playwrights Project are thrilled to present a staged reading of JUST LIKE US by Karen Zacarias, one of American Theatre Magazine’s most produced playwrights in the country during the 2017-18 season.

Shortly after President Trump eliminated DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), Karen Zacarias posted on Facebook that she would be waiving the rights for anyone who wanted to produce a staged reading of her play. Theatre artists, activists, and community leaders all across the nation responded to Zacarias’ call. Rogue Productions and 50 Playwrights Project are excited to bring this national conversation to Houston audiences.

This is a FREE reading. All profits from this event will be donated to assist DACA recipients through United We Dream and Harvey First Responders through Assist The Officer, Houston.

Based on Helen Thorpe’s bestselling book, JUST LIKE US is a documentary-style play that follows four Latina teenage girls in Denver—two of whom are documented and two who are not—through young adulthood. Their close-knit friendships begin to unravel when immigration status dictates the girls’ opportunities, or lack thereof. When a political firestorm arises, each girl’s future becomes increasingly complicated. JUST LIKE US poses difficult, yet essential questions about what makes us American.

“They’re all straight-A students and leaders in their school, but it addresses how the two girls who have documents have opportunities that the two undocumented women don’t,” playwright Karen Zacarias said. “DACA kids are good students, they’re committed to being in the community, they don’t have a police record, they have so much to bring to the American citizenry.”

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