The Heidi Chronicles Play Analysis

On September 15, I got the opportunity to see “the Heidi Chronicles” by Wendy Wasserstein at howard community college Rep Stage. The plot follows Heidi Holland from high school in the 1960s to her career as a successful art history twenty years later. I really enjoyed the play because it give a really good insight of women dealing with the changing times. It was an overall moving and engaging piece. I was really engaged, as much I hate to admit it, Scoops, portray by Rex Daughtry, vocal rhythm. It really gave his character a clear drive. It gave a clear indication on what he wanted and it was to get Heidi, Beth Hylton, to sleep with him. It was quick, yet smooth, which brought his all too familiar charisma of an egotistical, smart man. It was engaging to watch Heidi and Scoop interact, it was clear with her movement that she was interested in Scoop. But, having to know that he was a man man that only brought trouble whenever he was around. Fast forward, a couple years from now, when Susan took Heidi to the supportive women's meeting. I was really drawn in by Frans’, played by Alina Collins Maldonado, energetic

The restaurant scene because the way how it was set really disengaged me. I was sitting in the 300 row on the left end top row, to see it put in the corner with that really big table. It made the whole scene loose this intimacy and disconnective moment between Heidi and Susan because in my mind. I could not escape the fact that the table was as tall as their faces. It just seem in the way of them. When Heidi makes a discovery or a realization about her action because she is wrong she would put her head down, it was subtle but it happen often. It probably was a choice, but it really took me out of the scene. Especially when she was fighting with Peter. Heidi looked down then delivered her lines when Peter was calling her out on her selfishness, and odd behavior at