Hnath’s eight-time Tony-nominated play serves as both a playful sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterpiece as well as a stand-alone work of modern feminist drama. We last saw Ibsen’s Nora Helmer literally and figuratively slamming the door on her life. When Hnath imagines Nora’s return 15 years later in PART 2, the same burning questions that Ibsen left unresolved in the 19th century are reignited. A modern perspective reminds us that Nora’s arguments about freedom, love, responsibility, and gender equality are just as controversial and relevant now as ever. Alanna Dorsett will direct Houston favorites Kim Tobin-Lehl and Philip Lehl as the iconic couple, Nora and Torvald Helmer, and Judith Igwilo and Sally Edmundson will make their 4th Wall debuts as Emmy and Anne Marie.
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Kim Tobin-Lehl as Nora
Philip Lehl as Torvald
Sally Edmundson as Anne Marie
Judith Igwilo as Emmy
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REVIEWS:
Houston Press: “Strong Performances All Round in A Doll’s House, Part 2 at 4th Wall”
Houston Chronicle: “Review: ‘A lot of people think you’re dead!’ Nora makes surprise return in ‘A Doll’s House Part 2’”
Broadway World: "BWW Review: 4th Wall Theatre's A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 is Bursting with Feminist Energy"
PREVIEWS AND MENTIONS:
Broadway World: “A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 Opens October 15 at 4th Wall Theatre Company” by Alexa Criscitiello
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Stage Manager | Kalin Menzel
Assistant Director | Dominic Kelley
Set Design | Ryan McGettigan
Lighting Design | Christina Giannelli
Sound Design | Yezminne Zepeda
Costume Design | Kathryn Currin and Cherie Acosta
Properties Master | Lauren Davis
Carpenter | Santiago Sepeda
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Lucas Hnath is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Writing. He holds both a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Hnath’s work as a playwright includes A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hillary and Clinton; Red Speedo; The Christians; A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney; Isaac’s Eye; and Death Tax. His work has been produced nationally and internationally, including at Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Soho Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival of New Plays, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Royal Court Theatre, and on Broadway at the John Golden Theater. He is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and a resident of New Dramatists. His plays are published by Dramatists Plays Service, Playscripts, Nick Hern Books, Overlook Press, and Theatre Communications Group.
Hnath is a recipient of an Obie, Guggenheim Fellowship, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, Whiting Award, Kesselring Prize, two Steinberg citations from the American Theatre Critics Association, and a 2017 Tony nomination for Best Play. At NYU, Hnath has previously served as a Language Lecturer in the Expository Writing Program. Additionally, he has taught at Rutgers, University of Rochester, and the Southampton Writers Conference.
