Heartlines: A Love Story

by Sarah Waisvisz

A riveting new play on the extraordinary love, art, and resistance of gender pioneers Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore shared an astonishing life grounded in love, nourished by art, and motivated by justice. Using a play-within-a-play structure and epic storytelling, Heartlines takes the audience through the dizzying romance of their early life together in the Parisian avant-garde – and the subsequent fracturing of that life with the rise of nazism. Identities of all kinds are explored, suppressed, and liberated as their love withstands oppression, violence, and time itself.

Cast of 2 actors and 1 musician of any gender and any ethnicity

104 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2025

Reviews

[Aaron Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a charming, theatrical little love story. Heartlines is a two-hander, so it's definitely hampered by the form... it can only do so much with its two voices. The chief function of Sarah Waisivisz's drama, though, is to tell the story of these two lovers, their art, their romance, their ambition, and their resistance to the German occupation.

(This was nominated for a Lammy award for LGBTQ Drama in 2026; Canadian drama continues to feature heavily in this category and for good reason.)