Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill Presents Regional Premiere of HEDDA GABLER, Now thru 9/1

Hedda Gabler is the original lethal Desperate Housewife with a fetish for guns.

Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill presents The Regional Premiere of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, a new version by Brian Friel. Directed by Jessica Osbourne. Opens today, August 9th - September 1st, 2013. Friday & Saturday's at 8pm, Sunday's at 6pm. Advanced Purchase Tickets $18/ $16 online ($22 at door). Call (505) 254-7716. Buy your tickets today at www.auxdog.com.

Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" has been described as the role closest to Hamlet in the female repertoire. Since Hedda was unleashed on the world in 1891, the role has attracted a formidable range of top-flight actresses keen to test themselves against its exceptional demands - from Peggy Ashcroft, Maggie Smith, Joan Greenwood and Janet Suzman to Fiona Shaw, Eve Best, Cate Blanchett, Harriet Walter and most recently two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner-Sheridan Smith.

The Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill is very excited to bring this extraordinarily complex character to it's Regional Premiere!

Hedda Gabler, a reluctant bride verging on spinsterhood~ returns, dissatisfied from a long honeymoon. Bored by her dependable academic husband, she foresees a life of tedious convention, one of a middle-class housewife. Until a chance reunion serves up a lethal cocktail of unrequited love, smoldering passions and jealousy~ leading to catastrophic results.

Hedda Gabler is usually performed as a period drama set in 1890. Since this new version, takes a more humourous approach to the play, we felt it was important to find a way to modernize the overall perception of the piece.

Our director, Jessica Osbourne, has selected Boston in the 1960's as the physiological and emotional parallel to Norway at the turn of the 19th century.

Before the second wave of the feminist movement in the 1970's, women in the early sixties still felt the pressures of marriage, children and social status.

As the daughter of a wealthy General, Hedda was never required to enter the workforce. She had no inclination to work and was not prepared for the financial struggles that followed her father's untimely demise. After her fathers death, she is left with little choice but to marry someone who meets her standards of social status and conservative lifestyle.

Brian Friel's new version of this classic, comes fresh from London's Old Vic Theatre with phenomenal reviews and an Olivier Nomination!

This critically acclaimed classic will inspire both seasoned and new theatre-goers alike, to leave their couches and venture into the theatre for an unforgettable experience.

SheriDan Johnson as HEDDA GABLER - SheriDan Johnson received rave reviews for her performance in Venus in Fur (Aux Dog) and is thrilled to be playing Hedda. Past productions include Two Way Mirror(Southwest Rural Theatre Project), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena, Santa Fe), An Ideal Husband (Mrs. Cheveley, London, 4 Stars Time Out London), and Oleanna(Carol, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe Sell Out Award Winner).

Brennan Foster as GEORGE TESMAN - Brennan Foster also recently received rave reviews for his performance in Aux Dog Theater's Albuquerque and Santa Fe productions of Venus in Fur. Past Productions include: Much Ado about Nothing (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre), The Winter's Tale(Vortex Theatre), Macbeth and All in the Timing (Aux Dog). He is also a director and founder of the Dark Matters Film Festival.

Evening Star Barron as THEA ELVSTED - Evening Star Barron is a recent graduate of the UNM Theatre Dept. She has worked on numerous productions in Albuquerque, both on stage and in film, but her true love is the stage. She was most recently seen in Duke City Repertory Theatre's 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress as Meredith and in Zastrozzi at Rodey Theater, as both Mathilda & Julia. She is very excited to do Ibsen with such a talented cast and director, as well as working with the Aux Dog for the first time.

Adam Harvey as JUDGE BRACK - Adam Harvey has pursued an utterly distinct performance career, rendering entire chapters of James Joyce's cryptic masterwork: Finnegans Wake for academic and non-academic Joycean audiences throughout Europe and the United States. Highlights include The Tale of Shem the Penman for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (four-star review from the Scotsman), The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies performed for the XIX Annual North American James Joyce Conference at Cornell University, and The Mookse and the Gripes at Symphony Space's Bloomsday on Broadway, where he has been making annual appearances since 2007.

Alaina Warren-Zachery as JULIANA TESMAN - Alaina Warren Zachary has been onstage professionally for more than 45 years in hundreds of shows and thousands of performances. She has both died and killed onstage- often for laughs and sometimes with music. She has no intention of stopping anytime soon. Favorite roles include Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter, Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret, Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Musicand its sequel. Alaina was hailed as "a jewel in the diadem of Santa Fe Theatre" for her performance as Judith Bliss in Hay Fever.

Ron Weisberg as EILERT LOEVBERG - Ron Weisberg, an actor from the University of Texas at Austin, moved to New Mexico in 2011. He is happy to be in the NM Acting community, doing film, theate and even teaching kids! Recently, Ron landed a role in the NBC Pilot The Sixth Gun, and is excited that two movies he plays in, Moses on the Mesa, and Miss Barb, are premiering at the Albuquerque Film and Media Experience this year! Theatre credits include: Much Ado about Nothing (Santa Fe Shakespeare Society), Paloma (Camino Real Productions). This actor, writer, improv comedian, percussionist and dancer is thrilled to be a team player at the Aux Dog!

Moira Amado-McCoy as BERTHA - Moira McCoy came to acting through a circuitous route that includes a fascination with theatre from a young age, travelling alone, volunteering as assistant to a carpenter and scenic painter, raising two daughters, working as a professional dramaturge (with specialties in women's studies and textual analysis), and overmuch education. She recently appeared as "Bunny" in Guare's The House of Blue Leaves at Taos' Metta Theatre, a performance that had theatre professionals talking about her as "a revelation." Moira works in the theatre whenever all good things come together and she's lucky enough to be invited in. She is also serious about film work, and is represented by The O'Agency in Albuquerque.

jessica osbourne DIRECTOR - Jessica Osbourne trained at Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts in London, UK. As an Actor/ Comedienne herself, she is excited to explore humorous approach this new version takes and delve in to the depths and desires of these fascinating characters with her cast. Jessica directed her first play "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" at the Vortex Theatre in 2003. Recently, she directed "Two Way Mirror- two Arthur Miller one acts" at the Southwest Rural Theatre Project. This will mark the first production she helms at the Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill.

Victoria Liberatori PRODUCER - Victoria Liberatori has been the Producing Artistic Director of the Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill since 2010. Originally from the East coast, Victoria founded the Princeton Repertory in 1984, a professional theater company, located in Princeton, New Jersey, which operates under a Small Professional Theater contract with the Actors Equity Association. Princeton Rep was the first New Jersey theater performing site-specific productions.