by Gabriel Jason Dean
HEARTLAND
a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere
by Gabriel Jason Dean
When Afghan refugee Nazrullah shows up on the doorstep of retired professor Dr. Harold Banks claiming to have known his adopted daughter Getee, the two become unlikely roommates and friends. Getee and Nazrullah’s relationship unfolds in a series of dramatized memories that reveal their uniquely human journey while stunning us with a new understanding of America’s tragic impact on Jihadism in the Middle East. A poignant new work inspired by true events, Heartland is a stirring emotional journey about love, loss, and understanding.
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MAINSTAGE SEASON
Straight White Men | We Will Not Be Silent | 1776 | Cardboard Piano | Becoming Dr. Ruth
BLACKBOX PLAYS
Heartland | Still Standing





Afsoon Pajoufar makes her Boston Center for American Performance and New Repertory Theatre debut. Boston area credits include Cabaret, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Boston University). Film credits include Ruined, Zoya, Remembering the Pentagons, and Nar. She received a BA in Painting from the Azad Art and Architecture University of Tehran and is currently pursuing an MFA in Scenic Design at Boston University. Originally from Tehran, Iran, she currently resides in Allston.
LEE SCHUNA returns to New Repertory Theatre after designing Two Jews Walk Into a War, Lonely Planet, Statements After an Arrest, Fiddler on the Roof, and serving as Sound Engineer on multiple productions and events. Lee is a transmasculine freelance sound designer, composer, music producer, and graduate of the Music Industry program at Northeastern University. Credits include Hype Man, Peerless, Really, and The T Party (Company One); Every Brilliant Thing, Grand Concourse, and Significant Other (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Fires in the Mirror and The King Stag (Tufts University); and The Women Who Mapped The Stars (The Nora Theatre Company). He is currently working on experimental electronic music to be released on his pet record label at Human Nature Records. He resides in Roxbury. humannaturerecords.com
Renee E. Yancey makes her New Repertory Theatre debut and returns to Boston Center for American Performance after stage managing Exposed. New England-area credits include The Fantasticks (Opera House Arts); The Honey Trap and Faithless (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre/Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre); and Production Manager for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Boys from Syracuse (Landmarks Orchestra/Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). She was the Production Stage Manager for 30 productions at Olney Theatre Center. Favorite Olney credits include The King and I, A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, and The 39 Steps. This summer, Renee will be the Production Manager for Richard III (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Renee is a Lecturer and Program Head of Stage Management for the School of Theatre at Boston University. She received a BFA in Theatre Arts from Texas State University-San Marcos. Originally from Texas, Renee was based in the DC/MD area before moving to Boston.