HEARTLAND

Dr. Harold Banks is a retired professor of Comparative Literature and Afghan Studies waiting for his adopted daughter to return from teaching in Afghanistan, her native country.

When Nazrullah, an Afghan refugee, suddenly arrives on his Nebraska doorstep armed only with his daughter’s copies of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Old Man and the Sea, the two men become unlikely roommates. Set in both Maidan Shar, Afghanistan and Omaha, Nebraska, Heartland is the story of a father, his determined daughter, and a journey toward mercy.

“…{A} HEARTFELT MASTERPIECE RIFE WITH COMEDIC BRILLIANCE AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT…”

— BROADWAY WORLD

“HEARTLAND LIFTS THE VEIL BETWEEN WESTERN AND MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE IN A RIVETING DRAMA... IT TRIUMPHS IN ITS DIRECTNESS AND POWER...”

— USA TODAY

About The Company

Geva is the most-attended regional theater in New York State. Its mission is to create and produce singular theatre productions and programs that serve the Rochester region by illuminating the fullness of our many human experiences.

www.gevatheatre.org

BY GABRIEL JASON DEAN DIRECTED BY PIRRONNE YOUSEFZADEH WITH

OWAIS AHMED MARK CUDDY AND MARI VIAL-GOLDEN

FIRST LOOK: $25† FRI, MARCH 18 AT 7:15 SAT, MARCH 19 AT 7:15

REGULAR: $40‡ MEMBERS: $30