Heart Land by
12 Nov. 2019
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A tenderly written and beautifully observed small piece about recovery, connection, and modern relationships. This play says some profound things about what it means to be a teacher, an adult, a support system, and a teenager. All of the characters are delightfully flawed and realistically guarded. Like "Joan's Arc," Hageman uses a large and traumatic event as the pressure-cooker in which we see the characters' humanity emerge. By centering her story around the aftermath rather than the a procedural about the event itself, Hageman centers voices that need to be heard and successfully avoids exploiting victims and their trauma. ”