"I have rarely seen a play that so effectively embodies the way external forces–in this case, immigration policies in the United States–distort the inner lives of actual humans. What love is, and can ever mean, is lost in the muddle between the heart and the law." –The New York Times on Sanctuary City
"Hypnotic and heartbreaking...Majok has given us something that transcends politics as only the best and most humane art can." –New York Stage Review on Sanctuary City
"[Majok] meticulously exposes the way that relationships contract and expand over the years... As her two main characters grow around each other like ivy, the poetry of patterned connection emerges most profoundly through memory's own twisted vines." –Slant on Sanctuary City
"Ms. Majok's perceptive drama, with its bone-dry humor and vivid characters, illustrates how vulnerable people like Darja are, hostages to the vagaries of chance, unless they can manage to climb out of poverty." –The New York Times on Ironbound
"You seldom see plays that are both harsh and wonderful, but that is the balance that Polish-born playwright Martyna Majok strikes...she writes with such energy and charisma that the play's four characters feel vivid and real...The play never sugarcoats, yet it steers clear of bleakness because Majok's language is so entertainingly alive." –The Washington Post on Ironbound
"[A] topical and insightful drama...a tough, moving portrait of a woman stuck in place." –Time Out New York on Ironbound
