Leah's Train

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A train track runs across the ceiling in Katheryn Monthei's set design for Karen Hartman's Leah's Train, now receiving its world premiere from the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) at the TBG Theatre. The image sets up a feeling of disorientation that both the play and the production reflect.

The central characters within Hartman's play are Russian Jews and their American descendants. However, the entire cast is comprised of Asian American actors, in keeping with NAATCO's mission to provide Asian American artists with acting opportunities in roles not usually made available to them. The casting choice is not played for comic effect; on the contrary, while the actors bring ou[...]