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 sympathetic, yet striking and powerful, Hedda in the classic tale of her struggle to find a means of 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*+
Judge Brack – Greg Matthew Anderson*
Tesman – Eduardo Curley*+
Miss Tesman – Annabel Armour*+
Berte – Linda Gillum*+
Thea – Gloria Imseih Petrelli
Lovborg – TBA

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)
Scenic Designer – Joe Schermoly^ (he/him)
Costume Designer – Kotryna Hilko^ (she/her)
Sound Designer – Christopher Kriz^ (he/him)
Props Designer – Amanda Herrmann^ (she/her)
Stage Manager – Jean Compton^* (she/her)

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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

Administrative Office

3759 N. Ravenswood Avenue
Suite 124
Chicago, IL 60613
773.244.8119

Performance Venue

Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Box Office: 773.975.8150

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