Purple Heart City
by Taylor Gruenloh
Nobody has seen Daniel in eighteen months. When he suddenly returns home, hoping to pick life up where he left it, he finds a family that is slow to forgive him. He also finds a community that is tired and haunted by a past of having nuclear waste illegally dumped in its creeks and backyards.
When the world around you is designed to keep you tired and sick, how do you find the energy to fight?
- Cast Size: 2M 3W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Taylor Gruenloh is currently the Artistic Director of the Tesseract Theatre Company in St. Louis and Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri – Science & Technology. His plays have been produced in cities across the country including St. Louis, New Orleans, Asheville, Roanoke, and New York City. He recently won the 2017 St. Louis Fringe Festival and holds an MFA in Playwriting, as well as a Certificate in New Play Directing, from the Playwright’s Lab at Hollins University.
Purple Heart City by Taylor Gruenloh is a punch in the gut tale of love, loss, and community. Unlike other plays, there is no magical moment of unrealistic reunion in the broken relationships of Purple Heart City, but rather a story about the real life slow struggle in forgiveness and redemption. Set against the looming catastrophe of the human cost of environmental destruction and pollution, Purple Heart City shows us the cost of destroying ourselves, our relationships, and our community and the painful struggle to not just return and survive, but to return and love.
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