Photo Flash: Bootleg Theater presents I CARRY YOUR HEART

BOOTLEG THEATER is thrilled to announce the Los Angeles premiere (second half of a rolling world premiere) of I CARRY YOUR HEART, written by Georgette Kelly and directed by Jessica Hanna (as part of the Hope & Optimism Initiative's "Hope On Stage" playwriting prize project (www.hopeoptimism.com).

I CARRY YOUR HEART will preview on Thursday, May 18 at 7pm; will open on Friday, May 19 at 7pm and run through Saturday, June 10 at 7pm at the Bootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Phoebe is a young poet, forever living in the shadow of her estranged mother's literary acclaim. When her mother unexpectedly dies Phoebe is left with two complicated legacies: donating her mother's organs and reading her mother's unpublished confessional journal. Meanwhile, Tess and her partner Lydia receive an early morning phone call, informing them that a donor heart is available for Tess - good news, but news that has come far sooner than they were prepared for. As these two families form an unlikely connection, they struggle to understand the politics and poetics of organ donation-and they dare to hope that pieces of us can live on after great tragedy.

PHOTO CREDIT: Mae Koo

Elayn J Taylor stars in the Los Angeles premiere of I CARRY YOUR HEART by Georgette Kelly, directed by Jessica Hanna and now playing at the BOOTLEG THEATER in Los Angeles.
Elayn J Taylor and Joanna Bronson star in the Los Angeles premiere of I CARRY YOUR HEART by Georgette Kelly, directed by Jessica Hanna and now playing at the BOOTLEG THEATER in Los Angeles.
Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott & Elizabeth Liang star in the Los Angeles premiere of I CARRY YOUR HEART by Georgette Kelly, directed by Jessica Hanna and now playing at the BOOTLEG THEATER in Los Angeles.
Joanna Bronson and Michael Bates star in the Los Angeles premiere of I CARRY YOUR HEART by Georgette Kelly, directed by Jessica Hanna and now playing at the BOOTLEG THEATER in Los Angeles.
Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott, Christine Dunford & Elayn J Taylor star in the Los Angeles premiere of I CARRY YOUR HEART by Georgette Kelly, directed by Jessica Hanna and now playing at the BOOTLEG THEATER in Los Angeles.