Heart of the Country
Heart of the Country is a play that charts a path from President Lyndon B. Johnson's impoverished childhood in the Texas Hill Country to the lives of those riding the coattails of history.
About Heart of the Country
Gathered around the fire, 5 happy campers trade tall tales and songs about the life and times of President Lyndon B. Johnson, charting a path from his impoverished childhood in the Texas Hill Country to the lives of those riding the coattails of history.
Less a biography of Johnson than a counter-mythology that plays on the gaps and imaginative leaps that make up the cultural consciousness of a political figure and their times, Heart of the Country explores how speculation can contribute to a process of reimagining value. Around the campfire, the currency of stories and songs opens onto a vision of democratic participation where value is negotiated and debt is fugitive.
Written and Directed by Josh Dodds with contributions from the cast: Lucy Stewart, Liam Fair, Katie McPeake and Adam Streets.
Created with support from the Alasdair Cameron Scholarship.
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