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Date
July 13, 2025 2:00PM
Location
Helms Theatre
Name
The Heart Sellers
Description
by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Desdemona Chiang
Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh’s sweet, funny, and deeply moving play highlights the experiences of two 20-something immigrant women, one from the Philippines and one from South Korea, who meet, by chance, in a grocery store on Thanksgiving night. Set in 1973, eight years after the passing of the Hart–Celler act which abolished immigration quotas in America, the play finds Luna and Jane bonding over their common longing for the homes they have left behind and the excitement of what lies ahead in a new land. Filled with heart and humor, the pair share their hopes, fears, laughs, dreams, and a bottle or two of wine over the course of an evening that illuminates their experience as immigrants and asks, “Would you give up your heart to make a new home?”
The Heart Sellers is presented through special arrangement with TRW PLAYS 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.trwplays.com
The Heart Sellers was commissioned by Milwaukee Repertory Theater as part of the John (Jack) D. Lewis New Play Development Program Mark Clements, Artistic Director Chad Bauman, Executive Director and received its first public performance on February 7, 2023
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Seating for our production of The Heart Sellers is general admission. If you would like to request wheelchair seating OR have questions about accessibility, please reach out to the UVA Arts Box Office at (434) 924-3376.
Please Note: Due to the small size of this venue, there will be no late seating for this performance.