AIDNW Presents a Performance of “The Detention Lottery” An Immersive Theater Experience

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants move through the federal detention system each year. The larger detention centers, such as the one in Tacoma, have their own courts. But little is known about what happens behind closed doors where cameras are not allowed. Seattle playwright Margaret O’Donnell believed a play was the only way to share what those inside—from the detainees to the guards—experience every day.

An immersive theater experience, suitable for middle-school children and older. The play offers a rare, unfiltered look into the realities of America’s immigration courts – spaces typically closed to the public and even to family members. We hear desperate conversations between attorneys and their clients, and life-and-death decisions made in a traffic court setting.

This play is presented by Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest (AIDNW) in collaboration with the Wallingford United Methodist Church.

Donation accepted at the door (suggested donation $20). No one turned away for lack of funds. Join us. (For more about the author: https://odonnellplaywright.com/)