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The Heidi Chronicles
by The Archer School for Girls  Art historian Heidi Holland takes us on a guide through a
museum exhibit of women artists as Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer-winning play
begins guiding us through Heidi’s two decades of women’s liberation from the
60s to the 80s, setting the scenes and time periods with musical interludes
from You Send Me to Joplin to Aretha Franklin to Madonna. The changing
time periods also getting a boost from some great costumes (Laina Chin)
and wigs (Diane Martinous) in Director Tracy Poverstein’s compelling
production at The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles.
Lily Harris stars as Heidi, beautifully capturing the intelligent woman who finds her life slowly slipping away from her as she embraces the many new possibilities that the 60s provided for women, but becomes increasingly frustrated that her personal relationships aren’t living up to her youthful dreams. She does so with a natural and genuine performance, whether it be nailing a large and critical monologue or showing great chemistry with the two men in her life. The all-girl school gives their performers opportunities to tackle all the male roles as well. Abrielle Josephson is dynamite as the amusing and charismatic Peter – the guy on the lookout for bored, depressed, and anxious women. As Heidi’s best friend, it’s like slipping on an old shoe whenever the two are together on stage. While the other guy in Heidi’s life, Samantha Rosenwald, delivers a very strong performance as Heidi’s romantic interest Scoop Rosenbaum – a clever, arrogant, dynamic and successful man entranced by Heidi but with a desire for women more focused on being his wife. Elsewhere, the cast shows great depth including Heidi’s close lawyer friend Susan (Laina Chin) and an engaging female support group that boasts the perfect hostess Jill (Tracy Kopulsky) and the hilarious Grace Fetterman as outspoken and sarcastic militant lesbian Fran. Benina Stern is the quintessential morning talk show host, Caila Gale has a comedic turn as Betsy, Elizabeth O’Donnell turns in a nice performance as Scoop’s wife Lisa, Emma Pauly and Cora Cull amusingly team up to lead the movement for “more V, less P,” while Samara Josephson, Ellie Beckman, Lydia DeCoud, and Chace Beech combine to keep the years humming and rocking along with their musical time machine. The background includes three large frames by set designer JP Luckenbach, used as the museum exhibit with the two side frames also displaying slides of pictures and scene information, with the central frame featuring Miriam Dafford’s huge reproduction of Lilly Martin Spencer’s We Both Must Fade – a young woman gazing upon her momentary youth in the mirror, not yet aware of how herself and her life will be reflected when her youthful appearance no longer gazes back. Performed November 12 - 13, 2010 Rob Hopper ~ Cast ~
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