Hedda Gabler

Adapted by Christopher Shinn
based on the literal translation by Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey
directed by Artistic Director Marti Lyons
February 5 – March 8, 2026

This Broadway adaptation of Ibsen’s timeless drama presents a powerful Hedda Gabler as she desires to escape from a loveless, ordinary existence. Beginning with the return from her honeymoon, Hedda finds herself bored of her husband, and longing for the days when she was free to exercise her wild and independent whims. With the return of an old flame and a proposition from an amorous judge, she begins a dangerous game, amusing herself by manipulating and destroying everyone around her in an attempt to regain control of her life.

Passage by Christopher Chen

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Cast

Hedda Gabler – Aurora Real de Asua*+ (she/her)
Judge Brack – Greg Matthew Anderson* (he/him)
Tesman – Eduardo Curley*+ (he/him)
Miss Tesman – Annabel Armour*+ (she/her)
Berte – Linda Gillum*+ (she/her)
Thea – Gloria Imseih Petrelli (she/they)
Lovborg – Travis Knight* (he/him)

U/S Hedda Gabler – TBA
U/S Judge Brack – TBA
U/S Tesman – TBA
U/S Miss Tesman – TBA
U/S Berte – TBA
U/S Thea – TBA
U/S Lovborg – TBA

 

* Denotes member of Actors Equity Association
+ Denotes Core Ensemble Member
^ Denotes Associate Artist

Production

Director – Marti Lyons (she/her)
Assistant Director – Devon Hayakawa (any with respect)
Casting Director – Adelina Feldman-Schultz, Tertulia Creative Solutions (she/her)
Casting Consultant – Katie Galetti (she/her)
Scenic Designer – Joe Schermoly^ (he/him)
Costume Designer – Kotryna Hilko^ (she/her)
Composer/Sound Designer – Christopher Kriz^ (he/him)
Props Designer – Amanda Herrmann^ (they/them)
Violence Designer – Alison Dornheggen (she/her)
Lighting Designer – Max Grano De Oro (he/him)
Assistant Lighting Designer – Chelsea Strebe (she/her)
Production Manager – Johnnie Schleyer (he/him)
Stage Manager – Jean Compton^* (she/her)
Assistant Stage Manager – Macy Mateer (she/her)
Lighting Supervisor – Nick Chamernik (he/him)
Wardrobe Supervisor – Gabriela Carrillo (she/her)

About the Cast

AURORA REAL DE ASUA (Hedda)

AURORA REAL DE ASUA (she/her, MRS. HEDDA TESMAN) is an actress, playwright, and filmmaker and an ensemble member at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company34. Previous credits with Remy Bumppo: Top Girls and Artist Descending a Staircase. Chicago: The Wolves (Goodman); The Adventures of Augie March (Court); The Wickhams (Northlight); Pipeline (Victory Gardens); Dracula and You On the Moors Now (The Hypocrites); Firebirds Take the Field (Rivendell); and Plantation! (Lookingglass). Her play WIPEOUT received a rolling world premiere through the New Play Network in 2024, with eight productions including its premiere at Rivendell Theatre. Her work has been developed at Second Stage Theatre, Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, the New Harmony Project, and the Old Globe. Her short film “Heartsong” debuted on Short of the Week and screened at various festivals. It is available to stream online. Aurora holds a BA in theatre from Northwestern University and an MFA in film from Columbia University, where she was awarded the Jesse Thompkins III Award for achievement in screenwriting. 

GREG MATTHEW ANDERSON (Judge Brack)

GREG MATTHEW ANDERSON (he/him, JUDGE BRACK) returns to Remy Bumppo where previous credits include Power, The Best Man, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Night and Day, The Importance of Being Earnest, Chesapeake, Travesties, Born Yesterday, and Frankenstein. Other Chicago credits include: Arcadia, Death of A Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf, A Doll’s House (Writers Theatre); Red Velvet (Chicago Shakespeare); Twist Your Dickens and Rock ’n’ Roll (Goodman Theatre); The City of Conversation, The Mousetrap, Sense and Sensibility (Northlight Theatre); Sons of the Prophet and Oklahoma! (American Theater Company); and Arcadia (Court Theatre). Television credits include: “Empire,” “The Chi,” “Chicago PD,” “Chicago Fire,” “Betrayal,” “The Playboy Club,” “Underemployed,” “The Chicago Code,” “Detroit 187,” and the pilot, “Matadors”. Film credits include: “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” “The Middle Distance,” “Game Day,” and “Older Children.” Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Duke University’s Department of Evolutionary Anthropology.

EDUARDO CURLEY (Tesman)

EDUARDO CURLEY (he/him, JORGEN TESMAN) is an award-winning ensembleist from Chicago, a play developer, and a music maker. Chicago acting credits include ‘ART’ (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); A Year with Frog and Toad (Chicago Children’s Theatre); Anna in the Tropics (Remy Bumppo); and Wit (The Hypocrites). Regional acting credits include Marisela Treviño Orta’s The River Bride (American Players Theatre) and Bryna Turner’s At The Wedding (TheatreSquared). Developmental processes include: Gloria Imseih Petrelli’s The Live In(n) (Rivendell Theatre); Nancy García Loza’s RUST (The Goodman: New Stages); Bull (Paramount); and Isaac Gomez’ The Leopard Play, or sad songs for lost boys (Steep Theatre). New media developments include “Hamlet” (Make-Believe Association); “Lake Song” (Tribeca official selection, Make-Believe Association); “Brava” (Make-Believe Association); and The Last Hermanos (A Red Orchid Theatre). Film credits include “Station Eleven” (HBO Paramount). Thank you for supporting live theater — it doesn’t happen without you.

ANNABEL ARMOUR (Miss Tesman)

ANNABEL ARMOUR (she/her, MISS JULIANE TESMAN) is a founding ensemble member of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. She has worked at the Goodman, Marriott, Lincolnshire, Victory Gardens, Chicago, Shakespeare, Northlight, Writers Theatre, Asolo Rep, Cincinnati Play House, Cleveland Play House, and Ford’s Theater and is the recipient of three Joseph Jefferson Awards and seven Joseph Jefferson nominations over… a lot of years. Her film credits include “Contagion,” “Amityville Horror,” “Conviction,” and now the treasured experience of “Green and Gold.”

LINDA GILLUM (Berte)

LINDA GILLUM (she/her, BERTE) has been a core ensemble member with Remy Bumppo for 25 seasons and was the resident casting director 2003-2020.  Favorite roles with Remy Bumppo include “Linda” in Holiday; “Annie” in The Real Thing; “Ruth” in Night and Day; “Zocha” in Our Class; “Anne” in The Father; and “Marlene” in Top Girls. She has also worked with A Red Orchid, Court, Defiant, Lyric, Mercury, Paramount, Roadworks, ShawChicago, Silk Road and Steppenwolf. She teaches at Acting Studio Chicago, Remy Bumppo and is an adjunct professor at DePaul. She is a member of AEA, AGMA, and SAG-AFTRA, has appeared on “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago PD,” “Prison Break” and “Early Edition” and is represented by Stewart Talent.

GLORIA IMSEIH PETRELLI (Thea)

GLORIA IMSEIH PETRELLI (she/they, MRS. THEA ELVSTED) is a Chicagoland born and based actor, playwright, intimacy choreographer, and community organizer. Recent acting credits include Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toossi (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); Iraq, But Funny by Atra Asdou (Lookingglass Theatre Company); A Lie Of The Mind by Sam Shepard (Raven Theatre); her own ‘speechalicious” (A Commission For The Story Theatre); “Mosque4mosque” by Omer Abbas Salem (About Face Theatre); and “Layalina” by M. Yousif Zebari (Goodman New Stages). They are First Floor Theatre’s current Blueprint Commissioned playwright. Gloria’s art is informed and strengthened by the tenacity of her community; please consider a donation to Palestine Legal, USPCN, or Middle East Children’s Alliance. W: TheGloriaImseihPetrelli.com

TRAVIS A. KNIGHT (Lovborg)

TRAVIS A. KNIGHT (he/him, EJLERT LÖVBORG) is a Chicago-based actor, director, photographer, and motion capture artist who was named one of the “Players 50 2025” by Newcity Stage. He is a proud member of the artistic ensemble and also serves as associate artistic director at A Red Orchid Theatre. His Red Orchid credits include the world premieres of Levi Holloway’s Turret (Jeff Award nomination – Best Performer in a Principal Role), Grey House, Brett Neveu’s The Malignant Ampersands and Revolution (director); and Small Mouth Sounds. He was the associate director for the North American premiere of Holloway’s Paranormal Activity, directed by Felix Barrett, at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Additional acting work includes The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Toni Stone, Ah, Wilderness!, A Christmas Carol, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Measure for Measure, and Camino Real (Goodman Theatre); How a Boy Falls (Northlight Theatre, world premiere); and Camelot (Drury Lane Theatre). Regionally, he spent five seasons at American Players Theatre and has also performed with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Uprooted, Forward Theatre, and Renaissance Theaterworks. His television and film work includes “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago PD,” “Chicago Med,” “Mind Games,” “Runner,” “Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party,” “Survivor, Soldier, Sinner, Savior,” “Rabbit Rabbit,” and “Pornacopia.” He also performs cinematic motion capture for NetherRealm Studios (Mortal Kombat 1) and Raven Software (Call of Duty: Black Ops 7). W: TravisAKnight.com

About the Director

MARTI LYONS (Director)

MARTI LYONS (she/her, DIRECTOR) most recently directed ‘ART’ by Yasmina Reza, Love Song by John Kolvenbach and Galileo’s Daughter by Jessica Dickey at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. Lyons also directed Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley at Northlight Theatre, Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess at Milwaukee Rep, Sense and Sensibility adapted by Jessica Swale at American Players Theatre and the world-premiere of John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower at Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. Selected other credits include: The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess at Writers Theatre; Cymbeline at American Players Theatre; The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe and Kings by Sarah Burgess at Studio Theatre; the world-premiere of How to Defend Yourself by Liliana Padilla, a Victory Gardens and Actors Theatre of Louisville co-production; Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee at Victory Gardens and City Theatre; Witch by Jen Silverman at Geffen Playhouse and Writers Theatre (LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Direction); Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías at Victory Gardens; Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; I, Banquo at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Title and Deed by Will Eno at Lookingglass Theatre Company and Laura Marks’ Bethany and Mine at The Gift Theatre. Lyons is also an ensemble member at The Gift Theatre and a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

About the Adapter

CHRISTOPHER SHINN (Adapter)

CHRISTOPHER SHINN (he/him, ADAPTER) is a playwright who lives in New York. Several of his plays have premiered at the Royal Court: FourOther PeopleWhere Do We Live (2005 Obie Award for Playwriting), Dying City (2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist), and Now or Later (shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award, Best Play). Other plays include The Narcissist (Chichester Festival Theatre), Against (Almeida Theatre), Teddy Ferrara (Goodman Theatre and Donmar Warehouse), An Opening in Time (Hartford Stage), Picked(Vineyard Theatre), On the Mountain (South Coast Rep), What Didn’t Happen (Playwrights Horizons), and The Coming World (Soho Theatre).

His adaptation of Hedda Gabler premiered on Broadway in 2009 and his adaptation of Judgment Day premiered at Park Avenue Armory in 2019 and was nominated for a 2020 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2005, a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard in 2019-2020, a Cullman Fellow at New York Public Library in 2020-2021, a MacDowell Fellow in 2023, and a Hawthornden Fellow in 2024. www.christophershinn.com

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