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Old Heart

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Overview

Synopsis

Old Heart tells the story of black GI Tom Johnson who joins forces with 24-year-old Sarah van Praag and the Dutch resistance to smuggle food and supplies from the liberated south across Nazi lines to starving cities in the northern Netherlands. Their brief love affair collapses at the war’s end, and sixty years later Johnson, about to be sent off to assisted living by his family, disappears on a flight to Amsterdam. While his children desperately try to locate him, Johnson is determined to track down Sarah.

Show Information

Category
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
3
First Produced
2022
Genres
Drama, Romance, Historical/Biographical
Settings
Period, Contemporary, Multiple Settings
Time & Place
Detroit, MI, Veldhoven, Netherlands, 2006-2007, 1944-1946
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
Community Theatre, College/University, Diverse Cast, Large Cast, Mostly Female Cast, Includes Elderly, Mature Adult, Young Adult, Adult Characters

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Key Terms

    Prejudice against Jewish people, explored in dramatic works to reveal social injustices and historical persecution.

    A fascist regime often dramatized to examine themes of extremism, propaganda, genocide, and moral collapse.

    A global conflict often explored in theatre through themes of resistance, loss, trauma, and moral complexity.