Now Playing - Extended Thru May 5!
A Regional Premiere
by Gabriel Jason Dean
A "heartfelt masterpiece rife with comedic brilliance and the triumph of the human spirit!" -- Broadway World
"Searing ...powerful ...Highly recommended!" -- NJ Jewish News
"A privilege to watch ...You owe it to yourself to travel to the Heartland." -- Out in Jersey
"Endearing, heartbreaking, Heartland converses across cultures." -- NJ Arts Maven
"(A)bout compassion, responsibility, regret, redemption, forgiveness and, above all, love... [an] examination of the human heart... one you will talk about for days afterward." -- NJ Arts Maven
"It is a play that folds complex matters of international diplomacy and Western imperialism delicately into a tender, fraught father-daughter story, doing impressive work to tell a big story." -- The Star-Ledger/NJ.com
A young mathematician carrying a copy of The Old Man and the Sea travels from Afghanistan to Omaha, and arrives on the doorstep of retired literature professor Dr. Harold Banks. Across the world in Maidan Shar, Harold's adopted daughter teaches The Diary of Anne Frank and finds herself unexpectedly in love. Heartland is a magical new play about family, grace, and the consequences of defending an American Empire.
Photo Credit: Richard Wainwright/Act for Peace
