THE HEART SELLERS
by Lloyd Suh
directed by Julia Sosa
January 29 - February 22, 2026
CLEVELAND PREMIERE
Winner! 2024 Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award.
Run time: 90 minutes
(no intermission)
Content Advisory: Adult Themes, Adult Language
The story
A heartfelt comedy about finding friendship in the land of opportunity. Thanksgiving, 1973. When Jane and Luna run into each other at the grocery store, they discover that they have much in common: they’re both 23 and recent Asian immigrants who have hardworking absentee husbands. Homesick and lonely, they are adjusting to a new country, filled with as much uncertainty as the places they’ve left. Over a bottle of wine (or two) and a questionable frozen turkey, they dream of Disneyland, learning to drive, and an unknowable future as they share their hopes and fears of making a new reality a home.
““Beautiful… THE HEART SELLERS is about intelligent, curious, creative women who find themselves bereft in a new country — where they recognize something in each other, and cheer each other on.””
The Artists
THE PRODUCTION
THE RESPONSE
"Dobama Theatre delivers a funny, moving play made for the moment... 'The Heart Sellers' is a show we could all use right now... poignant and funny... brings a much-needed humanity and perspective to the immigrant experience." - Joey Morona, cleveland.com
“Timely ‘The Heart Sellers’ at Dobama Pulls at Heartstrings... Dobama could not have chosen a better, more poignant or more meaningful time to stage 'The Heart Sellers'... Moments of laugh-out-loud humor are interspersed with discussions of difficult topics and complex emotions."
– Gwendolyn Kochur, Cleveland SCENE
"This is a show for the times showing us that no matter where we come from we are all the same...just people trying their best to live a comfortable and rewarding life. This show is from the heart." - Mark Horning
The Audience
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