Denaturalization explores the quiet horror of suspicion cast on a seemingly ordinary man, a PhD student, a teacher, an American. As hours stretch into an uncertain limbo, lines blur between captor and captive, procedure and persecution, law and humanity. What begins as resistance gives way to uneasy rapport, and, in the stillness between questions, an unexpected bond forms. But the system has no room for connection. Tense, intimate, and timely, Denaturalization is a haunting interrogation of identity, loyalty, and the price of belonging.

This short play makes its debut at the New York City Theater Festival.