“We put one foot in front of the other and asked God for help with the next,” writes Kara Hartzler, in the voice of Marcela. A Guadalajaran woman crossing the border from Mexico into Arizona, Marcela is one of four immigrant characters Hartzler created using a combination of her training as both a playwright and immigration lawyer, in “No Rooster in the Desert.” ...More
“No Roosters in the Desert,” a play revolving around the plight of four women trekking across the Sonoran desert towards the “American dream,” will open the 2012-13 MainStage season at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Showtimes ...More
EMU grad Kara Hartzler On October 6, 2010, Dick Gordon – host of NPR’s The Story – interviewed EMU grad Kara Hartzler, attorney and playwright, about her original work ...More
Review the latest issue of Crossroads, EMU’s official magazine. This edition’s feature tells the stories of four alumni doing just that: Jessica King (C 96), John Drescher (C 51), Kay Moshier-McDivitt (C 76), and Everett Ressler (C 70). Read more… ...More
