The Heart Sellers
By Lloyd Suh
Directed by Michelle Chan
Featuring Jenine Florence Jacinto and Michelle Pokopac
Lights by Mary Parker
Sound by Jonathan Taylor
Set by Moriah & Isabel Curley-Clay
Costumes by Lauren Driskill
Props by Annabel Sapp
Dialect Support by Joy Lanceta Coronel and Lisa Fermin-Granada
Stage Managed by Joan Foster
Asst. Stage Managed by Thuan Tran, Abby Smithwick
Dramaturgy by Yijia Yu
Produced by Horizon Theatre Company (Atlanta, GA) in association with East by South East (Amee Vas, Michelle Pokopac, Jack Ha)
Photos by Greg Mooney
“[The creative team] holds fast to Horizon’s reputation for expert design and staging … while bringing to life the play's humanity and intimacy. … The world that's built feels close to time travel, supporting the journey with a perfect landing in a new destination at the end. You can almost see the paths of their futures just as the lights go out. … This production of The Heart Sellers shares an immigrant experience with a mirror to America itself. It is crafted with such care and accuracy, the most profound moments often come disguised as understated as a gesture, glance, or sigh … Under every moment runs a yearning to belong, no, to be chosen, by a country that’s still deciding whether it wants them. Even now, 52 years later.”
“Chan sets the time period carefully … [so that] Luna’s small, lightly furnished home with photos on the wall just above the bed is believably brought to life. … The Heart Sellers is a small-scale, character-driven work without a lot of flash. A play containing hope and knowledge of the power that friendship can bring to our lives.”
- ARTS ATL
