Hedda Gabler – General Gabler’s Theatre @ West of Lenin (Seattle – Fremont)

When Hedda Gabler arrived on Broadway 125 years ago, critics called its central woman a “degenerate” whose “soul is too small even for human sin.” We, on the other hand, feel she has her reasons.

Join General Gabler’s Theatre in 19th century Christiania (Oslo) at the spacious home of a woman with plenty of will but no room to exact it. She thought she made a wise deal with the man she just married. She would be his wife, and he would provide her with the safe and respectable means to occupy her active mind. But when it becomes clear that her husband can’t fulfill his end of the bargain, her mind quickly turns toward the dangerous.

The company is thrilled to bring Broadway legend Eva Le Gallienne’s brilliant translation of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece to Seattle audiences. As Le Gallienne observed, “It is not surprising that most of the Ibsen pioneers have been women; in nearly every country they were the first to introduce his plays.” As a woman-led company, General Gabler’s Theatre is proud to reclaim this tradition. The inaugural production features an all woman and non-binary cast, directed by Co-Artistic Director Helen T. Mariam.

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