In this drama, a young lawyer struggles to decide whether to continue with the biggest case of her career or whether to walk away. Playwright and lawyer Pat Connelly says the play was inspired by the Supreme Court case involving the Westboro Church of Kansas. “I began to think about attorneys called upon to represent clients whose conduct and beliefs they find abhorrent, who must find a way to vigorously represent those clients.” These thoughts led her to create the world of Heartland, a compelling courtroom drama about the limits of free speech and family ties that bind.

As a producing and writing collective, we work together to support, present, and promote the work of women playwrights. We believe theater should reflect the reality of daily life while exploring the infinite variety of our collective experiences as women. Our goal is to write and produce plays that communicate truths that bind us all together in community. In addition to three of the original co-founders, Ann Timmons, Jean Koppen, and Patricia Connelly, Pipeline Playwrights now includes Nicole Burton and Crystal Adaway. 

Even though we are now more spread out geographically, we continue to meet together to nurture each other’s creative work, and together we produce readings of not only our new works, but works by other women+ playwrights. 

For more information, click here, or visit us at www.pipelineplaywrights.org.