The Heidi Chronicles

First Preview: Feb 23, 2015
Opening Date: Mar 19, 2015

Elisabeth Moss – Jason Biggs – Bryce Pinkham

By Wendy Wasserstein

 

The play premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on November 18, 1988 and closed on February 19, 1989 after 99 performances. It then transferred to Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre, opening on March 9, 1989 and closing on September 1, 1990, after 622 performances. Both productions were directed by Sullivan. The plot follows Heidi Holland from high school in the 1960s to her career as a successful art historian more than twenty years later. The play’s main themes deal with the changing role of women during this time period, describing both Heidi’s ardent feminism during the 1970s and her eventual sense of betrayal during the 1980s.

The New York Times critic Mel Gussow wrote of the Playwrights Horizon production: “Ms. Wasserstein has always been a clever writer of comedy. This time she has been exceedingly watchful about not settling for easy laughter, and the result is a more penetrating play. This is not to suggest, however, that The Heidi Chronicles is ever lacking in humour.”

 

 

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Now Playing at the Music Box Theatre New York

First Preview: Feb 23, 2015
Opening Date: Mar 19, 2015
Closing Date: May 03, 2015

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Cast

Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Singleton Moss is an American actor, known for her roles as Peggy Olson, secretary-turned-copywriter on the AMC series, Mad Men (2007–present); Zoey Bartlet, the youngest daughter of President Josiah Bartlet, on the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006); and Robin Griffin in the miniseries Top of the Lake (2013), the last of which won her a Golden Globe and Satellite Awards for Best Actress in a Miniseries and/or TV film. Elisabeth Broadway debut was starring in Speed the Plow by David Mamet with Raul Esparza and Jeremy Piven in 2008.

Jason Biggs

Jason Matthew Biggs is an American actor best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen comedy films. Biggs debuted on Broadway in Conversations with My Father, which helped pave the way for him to participate in the daytime soap opera, As the World Turns. He was nominated for the award of Best Younger Actor at the daytime Emmy Awards for his role.He voiced Leonardo in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series season 1 and part of season 2, and portrays Larry Bloom in Orange Is the New Black.

Bryce Pinkham

Bryce Pinkham is a stage and television actor currently starring as Monty Navarro, the title role, in the Broadway production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. He recently appeared in Ghost the Musical as Carl Bruner and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson‘s Black Fox (his Broadway debut) as well as Shakespeare in the Park’s Love’s Labor’s Lost. He also has a number of other Off Broadway and regional theater credits.

Tracee Chimo – Fran/Molly/Betsy/April
Ali Ahn – Susan Johnston
Leighton Bryan – Jill/Dennie/Lisa
Elise Kibler – Becky/Clara/Denise
Andy Truschinski – Chris Boxer/Mark/Waiter/Ray
Therese Plaehn – u/s Heidi/Susan Johnson
Ben Graney – u/s Scoop/Peter/Chris Boxer/Mark/Ray/Waiter
Amelia McClain – u/s Fran/Molly/Betsy/April/ u/s Jill/Debbie/Lisa u/s Beckly/Clara/Denise

Creative

Directed by Pam MacKinnon
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty
Costume Design by Jessica Pabst
Lighting Design by Japhy Weideman
Sound Design by Jill B.C. Du Boff
Projection Design by Peter Nigrini
Hair Design by Leah J. Loukas
Make-Up Design by Leah J. Loukas

Produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Susan Quint Gallin and Mary Lu Roffe