Director Matthew Earnest's re-imagining of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" opens Thursday, March 19 on our Mainstage for a three-week run.

 

If you've never seen this classic drama about a woman's final revolt against her husband and her society, be sure to see our production, as it features several unique twists.

 

Although Ibsen's play debuted in 1879, director/adaptor Earnest updates the setting to our time. Nora and Torvald Helmer still occupy a beautifully appointed middle-class home, but the scenic designs and costumes in our production reveal a contemporary look versus a late-Victorian environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The show's director is no stranger to theatrical re-invention. Local audiences have seen his work at Porthouse Theatre, which has staged his inventive and imaginitive versions/adaptations of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" and Lewis Caroll's "Alice in Wonderland."

 

Earnest, in fact, is really doing "triple duty" with our production of "A Doll's House." In addition to adapting the script and directing our actors, he also conceived the play's scenic design -- which emphasizes a minimal amount of objects set against a bare stage, though the modern furniture suggests the specificially middle-class aspirational lifestyle into which Ibsen places his characters.

 

Would you like to learn more?

 

CLICK HERE to get the play's performance times and to buy tickets!

 

CLICK HERE if you'd like to read more about the play, our cast and the creative team!