Wichita State University Theater will present “A Hedda Gabler” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16-18, and 2 p.m. Nov. 19, in Wilner Auditorium.
Aristocrat Hedda Gabler is newly married to academic George Tesman and finds herself trapped in a life lacking in personal agency. Boredom and suffocating social conformity lead her to manipulate the lives of others in an effort to become master of her fate. But her desperate path can only end in destruction.
Tickets can be purchased at the Fine Arts Box Office in the lobby of the Duerksen Fine Arts Center or online at wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice. General admission is $20, with $18 discount tickets available for seniors, faculty/staff and military or $10 tickets for children and students. WSU students are eligible for one free ticket (visit http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4363 for details). For ticketing assistance, contact the Fine Arts Box Office from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, at 316-978-3233 or fasttickets@wichita.edu.
“A Hedda Gabler” is directed by Danette Baker, visiting assistant professor of theater, with assistance from theater major Jeremy Buoy, assistant director.
Playwright Nigel O’Hearn’s contemporary translation / adaption of Henrick Ibsen’s 19th century masterpiece “Hedda Gabler” was a finalist at the 2012 International Ibsen Festival, National Theatre of Norway.
A reception for O’Hearn will be held in the Wilner Commons immediately following Saturday night’s performance.
Join O’Hearn for a playwriting workshop that will address dialogue analysis and writing, with a focus on what elements of good dialogue move an audience toward understanding from 2-5:30 p.m. Nov. 18, in Welsbacher Theatre at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, entrance F.
The workshop is free. Attendees should bring a pad of paper, writing utensil and a creative spirit.
The mission of Wichita State University is to be an essential educational, cultural and economic driver for Kansas and the greater public good. Wichita State is a doctoral research university enrolling nearly 15,000 students and offering 59 undergraduate degree programs in more than 150 areas of study in seven undergraduate colleges. The Graduate School offers 45 master’s and 12 doctoral degrees that offer study in more than 100 areas. Wichita State’s Innovation Campus is an interconnected community of partnership buildings, laboratories and mixed-use areas where students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs and businesses have access to the university’s vast resources and technology. For more information, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wichitastate and Facebook at www.facebook.com/wichita.state.