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THE HEIRESS
by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz
directed by Martin Benson
October 17 - November 16, 2008
Segerstrom Stage

This adaptation of the classic novel—which “alternately pierces the mind with its wit and shakes up the emotions with its brutality,” according to The New York Times theater critic Vincent Canby—has achieved international success both on stage and screen.  SCR Artistic Director Martin Benson, winner of an unprecedented six Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, will stage a new production that promises to be a major theatrical event.  In 1850s New York, a widower and his daughter go about their lives, each craving love but powerless to express their needs.  Into their home comes a suitor of great charm who awakens the daughter’s spirit and brightens her world.  As the subtle psychological drama unfolds, audiences experience great theatre at its most compelling.

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(l. to r) Kirsten Potter, Tony Amendola and Lynn Milgrim in The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR. The cast of The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16. (l. to r.) Branden McDonald, Rebecca Mozo, Ameila White, Michael A. Newcomer, Lynn Milgrim and Kirsten Potter.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.
    
Michael A. Newcomer and Kirsten Potter in The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR. Tony Amendola, Lynn Milgrim and Ameila White in The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.
        
(l. to r) Kirsten Potter and Tony Amendola in The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR. Michael A. Newcomer and Kirsten Potter in The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.   Kirsten Potter is The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.
    
Michael A. Newcomer and Kirsten Potter in The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo courtesy of SCR. (l. to r) Michael A. Newcomer, Kirsten Potter and Tony Amendola in The Heiress, the classic drama of love, innocence and betrayal, at South Coast Repertory Oct. 17 – Nov. 16.  Photo courtesy of SCR.