Vonnegut warned, We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be. But Frances had thought that she was finished with pretending. 

She had, after all, escaped the trauma of her closeted childhood and found comfort and community in progressive, coastal, literary circles, But her story doesn’t end there as her past calls her future into question and Frances returns home for a reckoning with the people she’s left behind.

A play for one performer written by Jen Tullock and Frank Winters. Directed and designed by Jared Mezzochi.

IN THE CITIES OF REFUGE follows the residents and staff of a small-town shelter as they find themselves caught in the center of a great tempest gathering strength and speed, a storm borne of paranoia, anger, and resentment which becomes a crucible upon which their loyalties, their beliefs, and their commitments will be tested -- and which not all of them will survive. Coming this fall.

The first-ever new play commission from Marquette University. Written by Frank Winters; directed by Deb Krajec.