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Leah’s Train
Author(s): Karen Hartman
When Ruth, a young doctor, skips her grandmother Leah's funeral, she ignites three generations of love and secrets. Her boyfriend walks out, her mother pays a devastating surprise visit, and Leah's harrowing childhood journey—a family legend—intertwines with Ruth's own. An ordinary train ride mysteriously takes Ruth through her Russian Jewish family's untold history, opening her to a fuller understanding of her mother, her grandmother, and herself.
Format: Drama
Cast Size: 2M/3F
Running time: 80–90 minutes
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Notes:
See also playwright Karen Hartman’s website.
Original or Prominent Production: Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 1994; National Asian-American Theatre Company, New York, January–February 2009.
Original Language: English
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