{"id":146716,"date":"2024-02-12T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=146716"},"modified":"2024-10-29T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:40:58","slug":"wright-state-theatre-presents-back-to-back-weekends-of-a-dolls-house-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/02\/12\/wright-state-theatre-presents-back-to-back-weekends-of-a-dolls-house-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State Theatre presents back-to-back weekends of \u2018A Doll\u2019s House\u2019 stories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Julia Daigh, left, plays Nora in \u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d and Alexis Wentworth plays Nora in \u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part 2″ in the Herbst Studio Theatre in the Creative Arts Center. (Photo courtesy of Wright State Theatre)<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University Theatre will present Henrik Ibsen\u2019s \u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d on Feb. 15\u201318 and Lucas Hnath\u2019s sequel of sorts, A Doll\u2019s House, Part 2,\u201d on Feb. 22\u201325 in the Herbst Studio Theatre in the Creative Arts Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d will be presented on Feb. 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 17 and 18 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part 2\u201d will be presented Feb. 22, 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 24 and 25 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for people 60 and older and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the Creative Arts Center box office between noon and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or at wrightliberalarts.universitytickets.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Frank McGuiness’ adaptation of Ibsen\u2019s \u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d is considered one of the most important works of world theatre, setting the stage for a revolution in psychological realism with one woman\u2019s discovery of her own strength and independence in a world determined to crush her.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d is directed by Marya Spring Cordes, artistic director of Wright State Theatre and associate chair of the School of Fine and Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

Wright State Theatre will follow Ibsen\u2019s original play with the area premiere of \u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part 2.\u201d Many years after Nora Helmer\u2019s shocking departure, there\u2019s a knock on that same door and Nora has returned. The play tells the story of why she returned and what it means for those she left behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part 2\u201d is directed by guest artist Emily N. Wells, artistic director of the Human Race Theatre Company.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thrilled at the prospect of our students and audiences witnessing the whole Nora and Helmer family story, as it stands right now in literary history, in an exploration of episodic theatre,\u201d Cordes said. \u201cWe used to watch network television in this way. One part of the story on a day\/time one week with the following episode one week later.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she hopes that audience members who see \u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d live in suspense for a week before joining Wright State Theatre a week later to discover what occurs 15 years after the end of the first play.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew decisions and new perspectives unfold in all of the surprising ways that only the passage of time can allow,\u201d Cordes said.<\/p>\n

Wells said she has been impressed with the energy, focus and talent of Wright State student actors in \u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are passionate, thoughtful, and committed,\u201d Wells said. \u201cOur work together has included some terrific discussion around generational feminism. I\u2019m always invigorated working with young artists at the beginning of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d and \u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part 2\u201d feature scenic design by Anna Hunter, a design-technology major; costume design by instructor Zoe Still; lighting design by Zach Wuest, a design-technology major; and sound design by James Dunlap, resident sound designer.<\/p>\n

On the stage, \u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d features Julia Daigh as Nora Helmer, Ben Smallwood as Torvald Helmer, Casey Merren as Kristine Lindek, John Cuozzo as Nils Krogstad, Fiona Finneran as Dr. Rank Kayleigh Gleeson as Anne-Marie (The Nanny), Noel Nieczyporowicz as Helene (The Maid), Noah Funderburk as The Messenger, and Charlie MacPherson and Noah Mullen as Bobby and Ivan (The Helmer’s Children).<\/p>\n

\u201cA Doll\u2019s House, Part 2\u201d features Alexis Wentworth as Nora Helmer, Julian Goldenstein as Torvald Helmer, Emma Kopec as Emmy and Taylor Greny as Anne Marie.<\/p>\n

2023\u201324 theatre season continues<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wright State Theatre will conclude its 2023\u201324 season with \u201cThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee<\/a>,\u201d March 15\u201331 in the Festival Playhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wright State Theatre will present Henrik Ibsen\u2019s \u201cA Doll\u2019s House\u201d on Feb. 15\u201318 and Lucas Hnath\u2019s “A Doll\u2019s House, Part 2\u201d on Feb. 22\u201325 in the Herbst Studio Theatre. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":146720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,729,2037,4859,725,747,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-around-campus","category-arts-scene","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-home-news-sidebar","category-liberal-arts","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146716"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155024,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146716\/revisions\/155024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}