The Nora Theatre Company is proud to present Bryony Lavery's Her Aching Heart. The production includes original music composed for this production by Veronica Barron. The piece will be the Boston directorial debut for Lee Mikeska Gardner who was appointed Artistic Director of The Nora Theatre Company in November 2013 following a national search.

The press performance is Monday, July 14 at 7:30PM.

Passion. Riding Crops. Nuns.

Harriet and Molly just happen to be reading the same pulpy romance novel - Her Aching Heart. Transported by their imaginations into the Victorian world of the trashy tale, they embody the willful aristocrat, haughty Harriet Hellstone and the sweetly pure country maiden Molly Penhallow. A bodice-ripping affair ensues, filled with imaginatively absurd characters, swept up by passion and romance of historic proportions. With two actresses portraying every character - including the men who long for them - Bryony Lavery has crafted a satirical romantic potboiler, complete with songs and miracles, spoofing gender cliches and stereotypes with hysterical results.

Tickets for Her Aching Heart start at $15 and are currently on sale at CentralSquareTheater.org or by calling 866.811.4111.

Her Aching Heart is the first production selected for Lee Mikeska Gardner's inaugural season as Artistic Director of The Nora Theatre Company. However, this is not Ms. Gardner's first experience with this play. In 1993 her company Consenting Adults performed Her Aching Heart in Washington D.C. and later brought it to Boston's Out on the Edge festival.