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by Jack Heifner
Directed by Toni Cacioppo
October 21 - November 6, 2011

Performance Schedule
Fri., Oct. 21, 8:00pm
Sat., Oct. 22, 8:00pm
Thu., Oct. 27, 8:00pm
Fri., Oct. 28, 8:00pm
Sat., Oct. 29, 2:30pm & 8:00pm
Sun., Oct. 30, 2:30pm
Thu., Nov. 3, 8:00pm
Fri., Nov. 4, 8:00pm
Sat., Nov. 5, 2:30pm & 8:00pm
Sun., Nov. 6, 2:30pm
One of only three plays nominated for Best Play of the Year in 1997 by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Home Fires is the story of a Texas woman trying to raise her three teenage children during hard times in World War II.

After Nettie's husband leaves her, she is forced to take in female boarders to make ends meet. The house is crowded and the eccentric women who stay there are entertaining, lost souls looking for husbands and careers in a world without men.

The play examines family, home, honor and dreams during a time when everyone had to "make do or do without." 

Jack Heifner is best known for his play Vanities, which ran for five years in New York and became of the longest running plays in off-Broadway history. His is also the author of Patio/Porch, Natural Disasters, Running on Empty, Bargains, Jumping for Joy, Boys' Play, Home Fires, Heartbreak, Comfort and Joy, The Lemon Cookie, Dwarf Tossing, Key West, Earth to Bucky, China Dolls, Seduction and other plays produced in New York, Los Angeles and theatres around the country. Mr. Heifner has written the book to six musicals, including Leader of the Pack on Broadway. He has also written for television and film.