Directed by MFA Directing candidate Bryn Boyce, this rarely performed Henrik Ibsen masterpiece begs the question “Do the dead control us?”—December 9–13th at Studio 210
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre is pleased to present Henrik Ibsen’s rarely performed masterpiece, Rosmersholm, as translated by Rolf Fjelde — December 9th – 13th at BU Theatre, Studio 210.
Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen
translated by Rolf Fjelde
directed by Bryn Boice
December 9–13, 2015
Post-Show Talk-Back with Director Bryn Boice: Friday, December 11, 8pm
Wednesday, December 9, 7:30pm
Thursday, December 10, 7:30pm
Friday, December 11, 8pm
Saturday, December 12, 8pm
Sunday, December 13, 2pm
The master’s thesis production of MFA Directing candidate Bryn Boice, Rosmersholm is the story of Johannes Rosmer, a former clergyman, who lives peacefully now that his wife Beata is dead. Life at his family estate is free, thoughtful, and full of new, liberal ideas, thanks to Rebecca West—Beata’s companion who has conspicuously stayed on at Rosmersholm after her death. But when Dr. Kroll pays an overdue visit to enlist Rosmer’s help on behalf of the dying Conservative party, Rosmer and Rebecca’s plan for a new Free Will gets swept aside in a torrent of rumors, scandalous admissions, and the premonitory return of the town specter, the White Horse of Rosmersholm.
“Henrik Ibsen has enthralled me since I cracked open Hedda Gabler after a particularly bad break-up in the mid-nineties,” says Rosmersholm director Bryn Boice (MFA’16). “As I began the play selection for my thesis production, I knew I wanted to work on an Ibsen prose play. I read, or rather ravished, all twelve in a long weekend. Rosmerholm’s Rebecca West captivated me for many of the reasons Hedda did, but with a wrenching twist: What happens when you get what you want?”
Featuring Nicolas Chuba (John Rosmer), Margaret McCaffery (Rebecca West), Jordan Brown (Dr. Kroll), Ivy Ryan (Mrs. Helseth), Dom DeMayo (Ulrich Brendel), Brandon Waltz (Peter Mortensgaard), and Siobhan Carroll (Beata).
Tickets $12 general public; $BU Alumni, WGBH and WBUR members, and Huntington Theatre subscribers; $6 CFA Membership; Free with BU ID, at the door, day of performance, subject to availability.
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