THE STORY: Comprised of a series of interrelated scenes, the play traces the coming of age of Heidi Holland, a successful art historian, as she tries to find her bearings in a rapidly changing world. 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. Heidi's own path to maturity involves an affair with the glib, arrogant Scoop Rosenbaum, a womanizing lawyer/publisher who eventually marries for money and position; a deeper but even more troubling relationship with a charming, witty young pediatrician, Peter Patrone, who turns out to be gay; and increasingly disturbing contacts with the other women, now much changed, who were a part of her childhood and college years. Eventually Heidi comes to accept the fact that liberation can be achieved only if one is true to oneself, with goals that come out of need rather than circumstance. As the play ends she is still "alone," but having adopted an orphaned baby, it is clear that she has begun to find a sense of fulfillment and continuity that may well continue to elude the others of her anxious, self-centered generation. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Hull-Warriner Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. A significant and celebrated play, which was first presented by Off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons and went on to become a long-run Broadway success. Funny, touching, and written with rare grace and sensitivity, the play is a moving examination of the progress of a generation, from the socially and politically activist sixties to the success-oriented eighties—a time during which the status of American women underwent profound, and sometimes unsettling, change. "…not many plays manage Heidi's feat of inducing almost continuous laughter while forcing the audience to examine its preconceptions…It's the play of the season…" —Variety. "…witty, hilarious…not just a funny play, but a wise one…I doubt we'll see a better play this season." —NY Daily News. "…a wonderful and important play." —NY Newsday. "…the writing is emotional and heartfelt, rare qualities in today's trivial theatre, and all the more extraordinary when combined with perceptive characterizations and witty dialogue." .

FEBRUARY

10 – FAN Club Meeting – 6:30pm Principals Conference Room

11 – Junior Cabaret – 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

14 – FBA Solo & Ensemble – 2pm-10pm

15 – FBA Solo & Ensemble – 7am-7pm

17 – No School 

18 – 25 – Visual Art: Senior Thesis Exhibition Group 1 & 2

21 – FVA Solo & Ensemble 2pm-10pm

22 – FVA Solo & Ensemble 7am-7pm

28 – Theatre Senior Projects – 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

MARCH

3 – Theatre Senior Projects – 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

5 – Theatre Senior Projects – 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

9 – FAN Club Meeting – 6:30pm Principals Conference Room

9 – Theatre Senior Projects – 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

11 – Theatre Senior Projects – 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

12 – March 16 – Senior NYC Trip 

13 – End of 3rd Quarter 

14 – March 22 – SPRING BREAK

23 – No School 

25 – 30 – Visual Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Groups 3 & 4

28 – Music Senior Recitals – 9am – 10pm

APRIL

4 – Music Senior Recitals – 9am-10pm

6 – FAN Club Meeting – 6:30pm Principals Conference Room

8 – Spring Dance Concert – 7pm Experimental Black Box Theatre

9 – Spring Dance Concert – 7pm Experimental Black Box Theatre

10 – NO SCHOOL 

14 – Visual Art: Senior Thesis Exhibition Group 5 & 6

17 – FBA Solo & Ensemble 2 – 2pm -10pm 

18 – FBA Solo & Ensemble 2 – 7am – 10pm

20 – May 10 – Theater Technology Exhibition

29 – Finale – 7pm Grande Theatre

30 – Finale – 7pm Grande Theatre

MAY

1 – Finale – 7pm Grande Theatre

5 – Broadway Cares Cabaret - 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

7 – Jazz Band Concert – 7pm 

11 – Walkers Rising Stars – Mahaffey Theatre

11 – Aug 2 – Visual Art: Legacy

11 – FAN Club Meeting – 6:30pm Principals Conference Room

12 – Film Festival – 7pm Black Box Experimental Theatre

14 – Marley Awards – 7pm – Grande Theatre

15 – Spring Masterwork Concert – 7pm Grande Theatre

20 – PCCA Commencement – 7pm – Grande Theatre

21 – Gibbs HS Graduation – 10:15 am – Tropicana Field

25 – NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day

29 – Last Day of School OCTOBER