A young Mexican couple is trapped at a way station when they can't pay off their debts to the American coyotes who smuggled them across the border.

*Winner, Dallas-Forth Worth Critics Award, Best New Play, 2010

“Beautifully plotted… glitters with brilliant and amusing detail… too thoughtful a play to be praised merely for its thrills and suspense. Yet it's a fun ride.”

- Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News

“A distressing, deeply affecting drama unraveling the plight of illegal immigrants and the desperation that drives them. Playwright Zayd Dohrn has woven a poignant, consistently surprising plot that keeps us on the edge, and goads us to question our own assumptions.”

1. -Christopher Sode, Arts Examiner
   

“Like a good crime drama, Zayd Dohrn’s Long Way Go Down unfolds with edge-of-your-seat twists and turns… You know that there will be escape attempts, double-crossing and unlikely bonding. What isn't expected, though, is the effortless logic and deceptive simplicity with which all of this shakes down, and in a taut hour-and-a-half.”

- Mark Lowry, Theater Jones

“Fantastic. A sort of nouveau noir world like some great detective thriller without a detective. [Long Way Go Down] will leave you a little smarter, a little harder, and surprisingly, a little hopeful.”

- David Novinski, D Magazine

World Premiere, 2010

Directed by Chris Carlos

Cast:

Bruce DuBose

Ivan Jasso

Ani Celise Vera

Drew Wall

Set by Bryan Wofford

Lights by Linda Blase

Costumes by Tina Parker

Props by Jen Gilson-Gilliam

Music & Sound by John M. Flores

Fight Choreography by Bill Lengfelder and Cameron Cobb

NYC Workshop Production, 2010

Directed by Jaime Castañeda

Cast:

Sam Encarnacion

Emma Ramos

Robbie Sublett

Noel Wilson

Set by Amanda Embry

Lights by Isabella F. Byrd

Costumes by Katja Andreiev

Props by Kristine Koury

Sound by Randy Yonally

Fight Direction by J. Steven White