Hedda

Adapted by Lucy Kirkwood from the play by Henrik Ibsen

Directed by Stuart Fail

May 10 – Jun. 2, 2019

Tickets: $29.50

Preview Performances: May. 8 – 9 | Tickets: $18

Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts

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Theatre Tampa Bay Award

Theatre Tampa Bay Nominated

What It’s About

Hedda, still mourning the father she adored, returns from her honeymoon with a husband she doesn’t love, to a flat they can’t afford and a pregnancy she doesn’t want. Trapped by her past and terrified by her future, bored by her life but too cowardly to walk away from it, she finds herself caught between three men. Ultimately, something has to give.

 

Why It’s For You

You’ve binge-watched every single BBC drama available and still can’t get enough. Maybe you’ve always been interested in Ibsen’s iconic anti-heroine (the play in all incarnations has always been a critique of marriage and traditional conceptions of femininity) but simply can’t get past the idea of having to watch a bunch of people in 1800s costumes acting stiff and mannerly sitting on big furniture. This is not only a new telling of a classic story, the central character is presented through the writing of a modern, young woman playwright. You want to see the work of whom the British press calls “Britain’s brightest young stage writer” before she becomes a household name. As our modern Othello offers in terms of race, this Hedda allows us to possibly think about how women’s roles have changed (or not) over the past 150 or so years.
Christopher Marshall and Emily Belvo in Jobsite's Hedda. (Photo by Desiree Fantal.)
Christopher Marshall and Emily Belvo in Jobsite's Hedda. (Photo by Desiree Fantal.)
(L-R) Katie Miesner and Emily Belvo in Jobsite's Hedda. (Photo by Desiree Fantal.)
(L-R) Katie Miesner and Emily Belvo in Jobsite's Hedda. (Photo by Desiree Fantal.)

Why We Chose It

It’s still hard (though getting less so, thankfully) to find shows that showcase strong women, independent women, modern women.. This one not only passes the Bechdel test but manages to add many interesting twists and clever updates to a story every theater student or connoisseur should know by heart. We’re also thrilled for the opportunity to offer the work of such an up-and-coming playwright to our regional audiences. In terms of the 20th anniversary season specifically this script made perfect sense – we’ve always loved to tell known stories in all-new ways.

Media

Giles Davies and Georgia Mallory Guy in Jobsite's Constellations. (Photo courtesy Pritchard Photography.)

2018-19 TTB Award nominees!

We’re so happy to see that our season closer, Nick Payne’s Constellations, racked up 6 Theatre Tampa Bay Award nominations! Outstanding Director of a Play: Summer Bohnenkamp

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Hedda Interview Reel

An interview reel with some of the creative minds behind Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda, adapted by Lucy Kirkwood, at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts May 8 – Jun. 2.

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Cast & Crew

  • Director – Stuart Fail
  • Eric Haak – Technical Director
  • Stage Manager – Matthew Ray

Cast

  • Emily Belvo – Hedda
  • Christopher Marshall – George
  • Joseph Michael-Kenneth – Eli
  • Katie Miesner – Thea
  • Katrina Stevenson – Julia
  • Jon VanMiddlesworth – Toby

Crew

  • Jo Averill-Snell – Lighting Design
  • Jen Casler – Assistant Director/Understudy
  • Scott Cooper – Scenic Designer
  • Jeremy Douglass – Composer
  • Katrina Stevenson – Costume Designer

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