A performance of I Carry Your Heart at The Bootleg Theater

The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, California presented a performance of I Carry Your Heart by Georgette Kelly livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 28 May at 5:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 4:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 2:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).

The winner of the Hope on Stage Playwriting Prize of the Hope and Optimism Academic Research Initiative, I Carry Your Heart tells the story of Phoebe a young poet, forever living in the shadow of her estranged mother’s literary acclaim.  When her mother unexpectedly dies Phoebe is left with two complicated legacies: donating her mother’s organs and reading her mother’s unpublished confessional journal.  Meanwhile, Tess and her partner Lydia receive an early morning phone call, informing them that a donor heart is available for Tess—good news, but news that has come far sooner than they were prepared for.  As these two families form an unlikely connection, they struggle to understand the politics and poetics of organ donation—and they dare to hope that pieces of us can live on after great tragedy.  

I Carry Your Heart is written by Georgette Kelly, directed by Jessica Hanna, and Executive Produced by Andrew Chignell and Hope on Stage.

Runs: Friday, May 19 – Saturday, June 10, 2017 on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7 PM; with additional performances on Sunday, May 21 at 7 PM and Sunday, May 28 at 2 PM. For tickets, please visit www.bootlegtheater.org or call 213-389-3856

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