A woman with short dark hair looking to the side, this is Natia Dune as Katya in LIBERTY SCRAP the new play by Christina Masciotti, directed and designed by T. Ryder Smith premiering in March 2026 at Culture Lab LIC.

Two women seated at a table in a dark room; woman on left has shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a black and white striped sweater; woman on right has long gray dreadlocks, wearing an orange striped shirt; both look serious or concerned, with papers on the table.

In Liberty Scrap, cash is tight and the goings are tough, but Katya has managed to eke out a living in a scrap metal warehouse by day, and as an artist by night making sculptures out of debris. When her Uzbek father falls ill, she wants to return home to care for him only to discover her dubious immigration status is much more dangerous than she ever imagined, threatening to keep her separated from her family forever.

Two people are smiling and showing their smartphones, Natia Dune as Katya, and Alok Tewari as Hidayat in LIBERTY SCRAP a new play by Christina Masciotti, directed and designed by T. Ryder Smith at Culture Lab LIC in March 2026.

Liberty Scrap is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and, in part, with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as the generous contributions of individual donors.

Liberty Scrap has been developed with support from Culture Lab LIC, The Chocolate Factory Theater, Waterwell Theater, The Mercury Store, and United Stateless.