Mauckingbird Theater Company
presents the Philadelphia Premiere of
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
a new adaptation by Caroline Kava
directed by Peter Reynolds

Is it impossible to believe that a young woman would just want to peek inside a world that she is forbidden to know anything about?
– Hedda Gabler

After the success of their inaugural season with all-male versions of The Misanthrope and Shakespeare's R & J, Mauckingbird Theatre Company presents Hedda Gabler as a compelling lesbian drama with the Philadelphia Premiere of Caroline Kava’s explosive new adaptation of Ibsen’s classic. Rising scholar George Tesman, played by Dito van Reigersberg (star of last year’s The Misanthrope), has just married the beautiful, dangerously intelligent and much desired Hedda Gabler (Jennie Eisenhower). The newlyweds’ lives are thrown into disarray and their livelihood is threatened with the unexpected return of Miss Eilert Lovborg (Sarah Sanford), Tesman’s rival and Hedda’s true love. Hedda becomes consumed with jealousy as she watches Lovborg live her life with abandon, dressing in men’s clothes and openly seeing other women. Dissatisfied with conventional life and trapped in a marriage that she desperately wants to escape, Hedda wrestles with her own desires while manipulating those around her in a cruel game. 

January 10 – 29, 2009
Adrienne Theatre, Second Stage
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tickets: Adults – $20, Senior Citizens – $18, Students – $15
Box Office: (215) 923-8909
www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org

About Mauckingbird Theatre Company

“Gay or not Gay, this is simply good theater.” – Philadelphia Magazine

Founded by Artistic Director Peter Reynolds and Managing Director Lindsay Mauck, Mauckingbird Theatre Company is committed to producing professional gay-themed theatre, while also exploring classic literature and musical genres and providing affordable productions of infrequently produced works.

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