From Page to Stage: The Journey of Heartland follows the unique story of two playwrights, Anita Simons and Lauren Simon, and their new award-winning drama, “Heartland”. The documentary delves into the process of writing a play and putting it through the production process. The documentary follows the struggles that Anita and Lauren went through while writing “Heartland” as well as the approach that they took in finding the perfect director and cast to introduce their play to world. The chosen director of “Heartland”, Eric Bishop, shares his role as a director and the techniques that he uses to interact with his audiences in new and innovative ways. Based on true stories from World War II, “Heartland” is set on a small, family-run dairy farm in Wisconsin where a German-born widow and her children are struggling to make ends meet after the family patriarch has died. When they receive notice from the War Manpower Commission offering two prisoners of war to work their farm, it seems like an answer to the family’s prayers, but the arrival of these two strangers causes changes no one had anticipated. The documentary expresses the method in which both playwrights researched the complex subject matter and what techniques they used in order to stay true to such events that occurred during World War II. The film follows new perspectives on the play writing and production processes. From Page to Stage: The Journey of Heartland recently won Best Student Film at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema.