The quiet power of Lloyd Suh’s play The Heart Sellers was its true beauty but also its X factor. Centered on Luna and Jane, two Asian women who now live in the United States via their husbands they barely see, the two connect and spend Thanksgiving together in 1973 at Luna’s apartment. The pair bond over preparing a frozen turkey, cheap wine and conversation that expresses their joys, pains and frustration with their new country, their new home and the haven of K-Mart.

For some context, the title of the show comes from The Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965 which repealed a Congressional quota system that mostly favored Europeans immigrating to America but was deemed inherently racist. The Hart-Celler Act opened the door for those wishing to come to the United States from all over and ul

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