The Heidi Chronicles is comprised of a series of interrelated scenes. Published in 1989, The Heidi Chronicles received the Pulitzer Prize for drama as well as the Antoinette Perry (Tony) and New York Drama Critics’ Circle awards for best play. An unflinching portrayal of the Baby Boom generation’s coming-of-age, Heidi Holland is a character typical of many women born in the post-World War II era: she is intelligent, well educated, and attempting to make it in a society dominated by men. The chronicles of Heidi Holland (Emily Garcia) take her from high school graduation to a distinguished career as an art history professor and published writer to a forty-something woman who has come to realize that having it all isn't synonymous with happiness. 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. The paths taken by Heidi's friends—the wrong-for-her Scoop (Dustin Battaion) whom she (and we) can't help loving, a charismatic doctor (Cin Seperi) and her longest girlfriend Susan (Chelan Glavan)—are very much part of her story. Heidi comes to accept the fact that liberation can be achieved only if one is true to oneself.  Portraying the interesting cast of characters that define the various eras we follow Heidi through are: Michelle Bellaver, Joel Butler, Katherine Jestice, and Sara Worthing.

Written by Wendy Wasserstein. Warning: Adult Language

Director: Susan Hovey

Performances are 8pm Fridays/Saturdays and 2pm Sundays Jun 04 - Jun 27, 2009 (12 performances over 4 weekends) at the TVRT Studio Theatre, 1048 Serpentine Lane, Suite 309, Pleasanton, CA 94566.