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The Heidi
Chronicles
Comprised of a series of interrelated scenes, the
play traces the coming of age of Heidi Holland, a successful
art historian, as she tries to find her bearings in a
rapidly changing world. Gradually distancing herself from
her friends, she watches them move from the idealism and
political radicalism of their college years through militant
feminism and, eventually, back to the materialism that they
had sought to reject in the first place. Heidi's own path to
maturity involves an affair with the glib, arrogant Scoop
Rosenbaum, a womanizing lawyer/publisher who eventually
marries for money and position; a deeper but even more
troubling relationship with a charming, witty young
pediatrician, Peter Patrone, who turns out to be gay; and
increasingly disturbing contacts with the other women, now
much changed, who were a part of her childhood and college
years. Eventually Heidi comes to accept the fact that
liberation can be achieved only if one is true to oneself,
with goals that come out of need rather than circumstance.
As the play ends she is still "alone," but having adopted an
orphaned baby, it is clear that she has begun to find a
sense of fulfillment and continuity that may well continue
to elude the others of her anxious, self-centered
generation..
Written by: Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by: TBA
Performances: May 12, 2009, 7:00 PM
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