Cost of Living is a dramatic stage play written by Polish-born American playwright Martyna Majok.
The play examines two pairs of relationships between disabled and able persons: one between John, a graduate student with cerebral palsy and his female caregiver, Jess, and the other between Ani, who became a quadriplegic following a tragic accident and her ex-husband, Eddie, an unemployed truck driver.
[3] Cost of Living was expanded from the 2015 two-character one-act Majok play John, Who's Here From Cambridge by adding a second couple.
[7] Cost of Living made its world premiere during a June 29 – July 10, 2016, run at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
[4] It then moved to New York City Center for a production by Manhattan Theatre Club that had previews beginning on May 16, 2017, and officially opened on June 7, 2017.