L.A. Theatre Works new venue, great actors for 2011-2012! The head cast of Ibsen’s A Doll House
at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater Sept. 22-25 features renown actor and actresses Calista Flockhart, Gregory Itzin and JoBeth Williams, recording A Doll House for broadcast on public radio stations nationwide. Six performances take place September 22-25, 2011, at James Bridges Theater on the campus of UCLA.
L.A. Theatre Works’ nationally syndicated radio theater series airs locally in Southern California on KPCC 89.3 every Saturday from 10 pm – midnight and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org. Rosalind Ayres directs Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama, translated by Rolf Fjelde, which also features Tony Abatemarco and Jeannie Elias.
Nora Helmer has a delicious secret that saved her husband’s life, but if he finds out what she’s done, it might destroy their marriage. Blackmail and innocence, love and hypocrisy collide in A Doll House, one of the most celebrated plays in theater history. A Doll House was the first successful play of its era to affirm a married woman’s right to her own individuality – although Ibsen insisted that he did not consider himself a campaigner for women’s rights, but rather for human rights Groundbreaking when first published in 1879, A Doll House challenged the conventional norms of playwriting.
It remains one of the most controversial plays about love and marriage ever written, and still retains the power to shock an audience a century after its lead character opened a door to freedom. A 1997 Broadway revival was the winner of four Tony Awards.
Performances of A Doll House take place on Thursday, September 22 @ 8 pm; Friday, September 23 @ 8 pm; Saturday, September 24 @ 3 pm & 8 pm; and Sunday, September 25 @ 2 pm & 7pm. The James Bridges Theater is located in Melnitz Hall on the campus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film, Television at 235 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (enter UCLA from Hilgard just south of Sunset Blvd. and park in Lot 3 on the lower level). Tickets are $49; student tickets are $15 at the door. To purchase tickets, call L.A. Theatre Works at 310-827-0889. latw.org.
WHAT:
A Doll House – Calista Flockhart, Gregory Itzin and JoBeth Williams head the cast when L.A. Theatre Works records Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama. Nora Helmer has a delicious secret that saved her husband’s life, but if he finds out what she’s done, it might destroy their marriage. Blackmail and innocence, love and hypocrisy collide in A Doll House, one of the most celebrated plays in theater history. All performances will be recorded to air on L.A. Theatre Works’ syndicated radio theater series, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
WHO:
Written by Henrik Ibsen
Translated by Rolf Fjelde
Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Featuring Tony Abatemarco, Jeannie Elias, Calista Flockhart, Gregory Itzin, JoBeth Willams
Produced by Susan A. Loewenberg
WHEN:
Thursday, September 22 @ 8 pm
Friday, September 23 @ 8 pm
Saturday, September 24 @ 3 pm & 8 pm
Sunday, September 25 @ 2 pm & 7 pm
WHERE:
James Bridges Theater
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
235 Charles E. Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(enter UCLA from Hilgard just south of Sunset Blvd.; park in Lot 3 on the lower level)
HOW:
310-827-0889 or www.latw.org
TICKETS:
$15-$49