The Heiress stars Academy Award nominee
Jessica Chastain as Catherine Sloper, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner
David Strathairn as Dr. Austin Sloper, the leading man of “Downton Abbey”
Dan Stevens as Morris Townsend and Tony Award winner
Judith Ivey as Lavinia Penniman. Written by Ruth &
Augustus Goetz,
The Heiress is directed by two-time Tony Award nominated playwright and director
Moisés Kaufman.
The Heiress is produced by Paula Wagner, Roy Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Luigi Caiola/Rose Caiola, Jim Herbert, Ted Liebowitz, Stacey Mindich, Jill Furman, Ricardo Hornos, Jon B. Platt, Eric Schmidt, Margo Lion/Rachel Weinstein and Jujamcyn Theaters.
Dan Stevens is appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association. The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance of this production.
The Heiress is the story of Catherine Sloper (Chastain), the shy and sheltered daughter of a prominent New Yorker. Caught between the demands of an emotionally distant father (Strathairn) and the attentions of a passionate young suitor (Stevens), Catherine must navigate the terrain of love and regret, desire and duty, a chance for happiness and the burden of fortune…as only an heiress can.