The Heiress
Jungle Theatre
Star Tribune- Highly Recommended
"...The well-acted and beautifully designed drama holds a viewer from the moment the curtain rises on the breathtaking set, also by Boehlke, to the very end, when the title character, portrayed with sublime sympathy by Kate Guentzel, resolutely carries a light up a flight of stairs."
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Rohan Preston
Twin Cities Daily Planet- Recommended
"...Much could be said of the virtues of the script, which premiered in a lauded 1947 Broadway starring this reviewer’s namesake. The dialogue sparkles, the characters feel full and rich, and the sense of family history is profound. Hatcher and Wendy Lehr (as Aunt Penniman) have the sort of on-stage sibling relationship that instantly feels true-to-life, and many of the parent-child remarks that pass between Hatcher and Sloper are delivered with a veracity that could induce flashbacks. The cast fits the material like a glove."
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Basil Considine
Twin Cities Pioneer Press- Highly Recommended
"..."The Heiress" is a play squarely in the Jungle's wheelhouse, meticulously designed and studiously directed by Bain Boehlke, with Bill Healey's deft-but-understated lighting and Sean Healy's evocative sound design making the atmospheric picture complete. The Jungle production manages to be fusty and fresh at the same time, articulating a time long past, but conflicts and characters that are -- unfortunately -- with us still."
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Dominic Papatola
How Was The Show- Recommended
"...The Heiress director Bain Boehlke has, as always, elicited outstanding performances from his cast. Boehlke designs as well, with able assists from Bill Healey, the highly talented Amelia Cheever, et al. If I have a criticism of The Heiress it’s that the Sloper house is too pretty. I would like to have seen some threadbareness, a layer of desperate dust. But that’s me."
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John Olive
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