In Waxing West, Daniella, newly arrived in the US from Romania, is haunted by
the ghosts of the deposed dictator Ceausescu and his wife Elena until she
experiences 9/11. Thida San in Eyes of the Heart, cannot rid herself of the
horrific memory of her daughter's execution during the reign of the Khmer Rouge.
In My Political Israeli Play, Miriam Bloom, a young Israeli woman living in the
US, is asked by her agent to write a political play. America Dreaming juxtaposes
a professor discussing the policies governing American colonists with the
experience of a young Japanese woman in the US during World War II. The