The Heidi Chronicles ACT 1 Prologue: A lecture hall. New York 1989 Heidi is in front of a screen, giving a lecture about painting (Sofonisba Anguissola, considered the first first woman woman painte painterr, Italia Italian). n). There is no trace trace of anothe anotherr prior prior woman woman paint paintor or [!"# [!"# !$ %!&#'. lara *eeters, "il+ &artin Spencer. Spencer. onnects a painting with her feelings at a highschool dance (In fact this is the ne-t setting)
SCENE 1: Chicago 19! High"school dance girls (/0 +ears), tal1ing about bo+s (S2SA' and H#I3I)4 Susan seems more interested in bo+s, Heidi thin1s the+ are all dressed in the same st+le and Susan unbuttons her sweater to give a good first impression. Susan does not want to be all together because it seems the+ 5ust want to be together, if the+ separate bo+s will approach, 6&en don7t want to dance with desperate women8 Susan rolls up her s1irt 6it is too long8 H#I3I4 Susan# there is a$solutel% no di&&erence $etween %ou and 'e and hi'. (E)*+A,+TY# -E+N+ST/ (#-cept that he can twist and smo1e at the same time and we can get out of g+m with an e-cuse called 6I have m+ monthl+8 She7s alienated she does not care about her friend, she 5ust wants to be prett+ for bo+s. Susan goes to tal1 to a bo+ and Heidi begins to read. A bo+ approaches (*#T#) 69ou loo1 so bored, +ou must be ver+ bright. I appreciate bored people. :ored, depressed, an-ious. These These are the ;ualities I loo1 for in a woman. < *ASSI=#, to protect
The% are 0uite alike and hae si'ilar ho$$ies and tastes 6%ill +ou marr+ me>8 H#I3I4 I covet to m+ independence (I'3#*#'3#'T) *#T#4 If we can7t marr+, marr+, let7s be great friends. The scene ends with them dancing.
SCENE 2: anchester# New Ha'3shire 198 Another dance. A bo+ tal1s to her (she is not interested) and she gives him her friend7s name (S2SA'), irritating gu+, gu+, grades ever+thing, dropped dropped college, arrogant, confident, confident, insistent. Scoop4 [? demanding e;ual rights, e;ual pa+, e;ual orgasms> Heidi4 All people deserve to fulfill their potential The he as1s her to have se- with with and she refuses. Scoop4 *rett+ soon +ou7ll be burning bras (:#!&# A A3IA" $#&I'IST) $#&I'IST) Heidi4 &a+be I7ll go 6hog wild8
He 1isses her and she follows him.
SCENE 4: Church $ase'ent in Ann Ar$or# ichigan 1956 Hippie group @ $eminist group ill4 There was one person I had completel+ forgotten to ta1e care of [? ill $ran (&ore rude, radical)4 %e grow up on 6$ather 1nows best8 (*ATIAHA") and we thin1 we have rightsB ("#S:IA') :ec1+ is abused b+ her bo+friend, ill offers help (SIST#H!!3) Heidi does not want to tal1 about private things, does not want to answer if she shaves her legs or not but ill thin1s that 6personal8 means that it is wrong and +ou do not want to tal1 about it. $ran4 #ver+ woman in this room has been taught that the desires and drea's o& her hus$and , son or boss are 'ore i'3ortant than her own. And the onl+ wa+ to turn that around is for us, right here to tr+ to ma1e what we want, what we desire to be(To ma1e the difference) [? nothing7s going to change until we reall+ start tal1ing to each other (!&&2'IATI!' IS I&*!TA'T) Heidi is infatuated with the gu+ she met in the last scene although she 1nows he dates other women, he is an idiot but she drops an+thing to see him (#ven a date with her friends). :ecause he is charismatic < &ale before female. Heidi4 %hen I need him he7s aloof. :ut if I decide to get better and leave him, he7s unbelievabl+ attentive [? The problem is me. I could ma1e a better choice. "i1e *eter. (#*#SS#3, but she 1nows it) Singing. #S*#T.
SCENE 7 Chicago # Art institute 1957 6riot>8 < %omen artists e-cluded from this e-hibition < 'o more master penises. *eter respect their movement. Heidi has stopped seeing Scoop but she still has se- with him. *#T#4 9ou can separate se-ual needs from emotional dependencies. Susan has become a lesbian and *eter is homose-ual. The+ meet &ar1 (un ligue de *eter) and the+ march together.
SCENE !: New York# 1955 Scoo3s wedding: allroo' (2 %ears/ "isa (Scoop7s wife) I alwa+s wanted to be a mom, I guess that7s prett+ embarrassing (:#A2S# !$ TH# $#&I'IST &!=#&#'T and because she7s also a successful woman) *. /CD < &en 5ust get a reaction when the+ feel competitive
Scoop did not want to marr+ "isa, he thin1s is Heidi7s fault. He wanted Heidi to devote her life to him (ust li1e &art+) she prefers Heidi over "isa, he did not want a woman to compete with him in wor1. Sa+s her generation of openminded woman are usuall+ disappointed and unhapp+. Heidi begins to cr+ when one song is pla+ed 6Are +ou guarding the chips>8 and the+ 1iss 6I love +ou Heidi8 Heidi is writing a boo1 of essa+s on art and women
ACT 2 (All in New York/ Prologue: A lecture hall# 1989 Same lecture on women7s paintors SCENE 1: Scoo3s and ,isas a3art'ent 1986 (4 %ears later/ "isa is pregnant, bab+7s part+, gifts (3enise, "isa7s sister). Heidi has been living in #ngland and she has published her boo1. Scoop is having affairs and ever+bod+ sees it li1e a normal thing, the+ 1now "isa 1nows but the+ don7t tell her to do something.
SCENE 2: A T; studio (
SCENE 4: A restaurant# 1987 Susan bro1e up with his 6bo+friend8, a married man ("i1e Harriet) because she wanted to 1eep her options open (She ma+ want to have children) Susan does not 1now who she is because she has been so man+ things. Heidi wanted to tal1 alone to Susan but 3enise is there too. The+ want to do a series about women and art but Heidi does not want to. A sitcom.
SCENE 7: The Pla=a Hotel# 198
SCENE !: A 3ediatrics ward 1985 SCENE : An a3art'ent 1989
