| Show Play satirizes the past Seale Franzman Contributing Writer HE Salt Lake Acting T THE Com Company pany presented the Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winner winner Best Best Play 1989 The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Director Edward J. J Gryska successfully combined the talents of Joyce Cohen Heidi whose list of credentials credentials credentials creden creden- are extensive Bobbi Fouts Fran Molly Betsy another well-seasoned well actress and Richard Jewkes Scoop Betsy Nagel Susan portrayed her character convincingly convincingly convincingly con con- while Richard Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Peter filled his shoes with such a charming abrasive edge that he endeared endeared endeared en en- this slightly unsavory character to the audience Michelle Peterson held up her end of this taxing performance performance performance mance as did Michael Shane Mark Chris waiter Ray ter terRay Ray A well-performed well social and political satire The Heidi Chronicles would be especially enjoyable to those of us who fit into the yuppie era bringing back challenging 2 it thought patterns and trendy ideas built around Professor Heidi Holland an art historian his his his- torian Heidi moves through the and realizing through the art she is studying studying studying study study- ing that women are not clearly defined As a highly informed spectator Heidi moved through the fall of Eugene McCarthy idealism in inthe inthe inthe the the rising of consciousness consciousness consciousness con con- in the and the challenge of male bias in the Heidi formed a lifelong friendship with Susan and two lifelong one loves with Scoop an arrogant and ir irresistible irresistible irresistible ir- ir resistible political creature and one with Peter a witty unattainable In Indifferent Indifferent Indifferent different ways all three characters characters characters char char- presented invalid choices for Heidi's own life With a new babe in arms Heidi left the professionalism of her life to become a mother as the play closed It Itis Itis Itis is certain many women could relate to this dramatic en en- ding J I 1 |
