Event Start Date:11/15/2025Event End Date:11/15/2025Event Venue:by Margaret O’Donnell, Directed by Amy Youngblood, Production Coordinated by Chih-yu Chao, with June Stacey-Clemons talkback with Karin Tolgu, Lourdes fuentes, and luz metz, immigration attorneys Doors open at 3:30pm Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation 7141 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136 For more information: odonnellplaywright.com/ the-detention-lottery/ The Detention Lottery takes us where family, friends, and cameras cannot go: all-but-secret immigration detention courtrooms. We hear desperate conversations between attorneys and their clients, and life-and-death decisions made in a traffic court setting. Playwright and retired immigration attorney Margaret O’Donnell brings real-world expertise to this unflinching drama. Since 2018, The Detention Lottery has captivated audiences in cathedrals and synagogues, event venues and online theaters, raising thousands of dollars for immigrant justice projects around the state. Suitable for middle-school children and older.