“The Heart Sellers” offers a pause we all need

While it may seem obvious that a play with the word “heart” at its center is a tender and emotional piece, Lloyd Suh’s The Heart Sellers taps into something deeper and more universal than just a story of new friendship.

While we are all distracted by the current news of the nation and the world, Seattle Rep and director Sunam Ellis wordlessly encourage audiences to leave our buzzing thoughts at the door. We temporarily forget our own worries by traveling in time to 1973 on Thanksgiving night where two young immigrant women meet change, or by fate, depending on your own beliefs.

With only two actors on stage, Becca Q. Co (Luna) and Seoyoung Park (Jane), the connection between them is palpable. To further quiet the outside world and draw us in, the intimate space of Leo K. Theater becomes a tool, allowing us access to these women and their story.

It’s a performance to be absorbed and taken with us after the lights go up, the cell phones are turned back on, and as we walk out the door, back into our own time. — Ciara

On the Stage

Daphne in Concert

Classical | Seattle Opera
Now – January 18 | Tickets

This seldom-heard pastoral opera features thrilling, opulent orchestrations, including the celebrated "metamorphosis" scene concluding the opera.

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More Events

• A Beautiful Noise | Broadway at The Paramount | Now – January 18 | View Program
  • Audio Described, Open Captioned & ASL Interpreted: January 18
• The Heart Sellers | Seattle Rep | Now – February 1 | View Program
  • Sensory Friendly: January 17
• Karim Sulayman & Sean Shibe | Meany Center | January 17 | View Print Program
• Blade Runner in Concert | Seattle Symphony | January 17 | View Print Program

Next Line

• The fairies and our favorite donkey-headed Puck have been revealed. The cast and creative team for A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been announced. The forest comes to Union Arts Center’s stage next month.
• Curious about the history and role of queerness in opera? Seattle Opera offers the public a chance to dive deeper into this topic with the class Queerness and Opera, beginning January 20. All are invited to sign up!