Home in Her Heart
Off Off Broadway, Stage Left Studio
Reviewed by Dave Osmundsen
BOTTOM LINE: An interracial lesbian couple in 1939 is forced to relocate from Europe to the segregated United States. While this play is full of heart, it's hard to get totally invested in the characters' struggle.
Home in Her Heart, a two women play by Margaret Morrison playing an encore engagement with a revised script at Stage Left Studios, takes place in London in 1939. African-American widow Claire Hicks (Ava Jenkins) plays the piano for Jimmie LeRoy (played by Morrison), an aging yet charismatic white male impersonator. The two women, both American expatriates, are a lesbian couple who lead a...
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