Uptown Girl

by Michael Heartly

A dreamy-eyed High School graduate of Class of 1968 is convinced by a mysterious stranger to move from her broken home in Allentown, Pennsylvania and pursue her stardom as a Broadway Star. Virginia finds herself living in Greenwich Village above Captain Jack's bar where she falls into the rabbit hole of the 60's drug and Hippy culture. Her brother is killed in Vietnam sending her spiraling into a near suicide...

A dreamy-eyed High School graduate of Class of 1968 is convinced by a mysterious stranger to move from her broken home in Allentown, Pennsylvania and pursue her stardom as a Broadway Star. Virginia finds herself living in Greenwich Village above Captain Jack's bar where she falls into the rabbit hole of the 60's drug and Hippy culture. Her brother is killed in Vietnam sending her spiraling into a near suicide episode when her friends help pull her from the brink.

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Uptown Girl

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Michael George Heartly, Year 2016

Production History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Howard University, Washington D.C., Year 2017
  • Type Workshop, Organization Howard University, Washington D.C., Year 2017
  • Type Workshop, Organization Howard University, Washington D.C., Year 2017