About A Piece of My Heart

A Piece of my Heart 

by

Shirley Lauro

This is a powerful, true drama of six women who went to Vietnam: five nurses and a country western singer booked by an unscrupulous agent to entertain the troops. The play portrays each young woman before, during, and after her tour in the war-torn nation and ends as each leaves a personal token at the memorial wall in Washington.A Piece of My Heart premiered in New York at Manhattan Theatre Club, and now has enjoyed over 1000 productions here and abroad. It has recently been named "The most enduring play on Vietnam in the nation," by The Vietnam Vets Association.

Due to Adult themes (war, language, alcohol) this play is recommended PG-13

Our Season

After an absence of ten years, Cordova High School re-started their Drama program in 2014-2015. That year, CHS participated in the Globe Education program appearing at UC Davis with 11 other High and Jr High Schools. CHS Drama also made its first appearance in over a decade at the Lenaea festival. In 2016, CHS Drama opened the new Performing Arts Center on campus with its first full production, A Midsummer's Jersey. Twenty actors took the stage with the majority making their acting debut. That same year CHS Drama  made a second trip to Lenaea and took home a Gold award in acting for one of the students. 

This year 2016-2017, after only three years, CHS Drama mounted a full season. In the Fall we staged Neil Simon's, The Odd Couple (female version), attended Lenaea and now mounting the Spring Production, A Piece of my Heart.

There is no stopping CHS Drama now and we are already planning an exciting season for the 2017-2018 year!

If you are interested in helping to support CHS Drama and its wonderful students, please contact Mark Cornfield at  [email protected] or by calling (916) 294-2450 x810860