Old Heart

Play

New Work
Writers: Roger Rapoport

Overview

Show Information

Category
Play
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
Casting Notes
Mostly female cast
Includes elderly, mature adult, young adult, adult characters

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.

Lead Characters

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