Stage Left Studio will present an encore engagement of Margaret Morrison's critically acclaimed love story HOME IN HER HEART. This play with music is directed by Cheryl King, starring Audelco Award winner Ava Jenkins and Margaret Morrison. Previews begin tonight, January 13 with opening night slated for January 30.
Set against a backdrop of 1939 Nazi-threatened London, HOME IN HER HEART tells the story of American expats Claire Hicks, a widowed African-American pianist, and white drag king Jimmie LeRoy, who works as a singing, tap dancing male impersonator. For the past three years, they have been living and working together in England, blissfully enjoying their nightly ovations and their day-to-day loving existence. When Hitler threatens war on Great Britain, the Embassy orders all Americans out of England and the women must face the harsh reality of returning to a segregated U.S. As they pack to leave, the specters of exile, racism, and homophobia make the very dream of their love seem impossible. This play with music features a soundtrack of haunting piano solos recorded by Cynthia Hilts, with technical direction by Ellen Rosenberg. MARGARET MORRISON is a playwright, actor, rhythm tap soloist, and dance scholar. She has performed her tap-theater works at PS122, BAX, Nuyorican Poets Café, Duke on 42nd Street, Symphony Space, Duke University, and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She is acclaimed as a tap soloist and choreographer and toured internationally with the American Tap Dance Orchestra. She is on the faculty of the Barnard College Dance Department and received her MFA in Dance from Hollins University/American Dance Festival. Home In Her Heart, her first full-length play, was originally produced in 2012-2013. For more info visit www.MargaretMorrison.com.Videos