Justin Borak
Newbie Ralph doesn’t quite know what to expect during his first volunteer shift at Chicago’s Uptown City Gardens. It’s certainly not the vibrant, bustling community that passes through the green space, checking on their plants, composting their food scraps, meeting up with friends and – surprisingly often – falling in love. After a few hours, Ralph begins to understand seasoned volunteer Donald’s claim that the garden is magic. In a series of heartfelt and humorous vignettes, Community Garden digs into the ways taking care of the environment helps people take care of each other.
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Justin Borak is a Lebanese-American playwright based out of New York City. He was named a finalist for the 2025 Lanford Wilson New American Play Prize and a semifinalist for the 2026 Eugene O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference for haters gonna hate, was named a finalist f ...