DISTRICTLAND
by Cristina A. Bejan
A day in the life of a group of young Washington DC go-getter types, living in a shared house in a gentrifying neighborhood during the Obama Years. Frank interns on Capitol Hill; Dave is an unemployed Georgetown Law grad; Charity is a former Peace Corps volunteer who works for an indigenous rights NGO; and Maria is the Cuban-American Rhodes Scholar at the State Department. Professional and relationship drama ensue. The script is a glimpse into the various DC worlds the characters interact with, including the IMF, World Bank, McKinsey, spoken word poetry (e.g. Busboys and Poets), a cab driver’s quest for literary fame, and an absolutely absurd lobbying group called Saving the Dogs of Bucharest. Inspired by Ionesco and real-life stories, the playwright was asked by local filmmakers to write a script that truly captured the clueless ambition of the young people who descend on the District of Columbia. DISTRICTLAND sold out its extended run at the 2014 Capital Fringe Festival, received a rockstar review in the Washington Post, and was bought for TV development.
- Cast Size: 5M 6W 1Any
- Running Time: Under an Hour
- Royalty Rate: $40 per performance
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About the Playwright
An award-winning author, theatre artist and spoken word poet, Dr. Cristina A. Bejan has published books in all of her genres (history, poetry, playwriting). Her plays have been performed in four countries and her hit play DISTRICTLAND was bought for TV development. Many of her scripts have been published by Next Stage Press, No Passport Press and Solis Press. She has appeared as an expert on A&E’s The History Channel, C-SPAN, and multiple Romanian TV channels. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, Libertatea and ELLE Romania magazine … among many more print and audio outlets. In NYC she has performed at La MaMA Experimental Theatre Club and launched five published plays at The Drama Book Shop. Bejan is the only Rhodes Scholar (since the establishment of the scholarship in 1903) to hold Romanian citizenship. In 2025 she was honored as an Aspen Ideas Fellow and received the George Parkin Distinguished Service Award (Rhodes Trust). She earned her Masters and PhD at the University of Oxford, fully funded by merit-based Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships and many grants. Bejan is also the Executive Director of Bucharest Inside the Beltway, a multicultural arts & culture platform that she co-founded in 2014 to promote local and international inclusive voices in the arts. She lives in Paris and is currently working on a number of writing projects while auditing classes at the Sorbonne. Please visit cristinaabejan.com
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