The New Ensemble presents 'Hedda Gabler' for one week only

Theater fans, you’ll want to get to the Ashley Auditorium at Fresno Pacific University starting this weekend for a performance of “Hedda Gabler” presented by The New Ensemble.

Written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and first produced in 1891, “Hedda Gabler” is a classic 19th century drama filled with passion and desperation featuring an unforgettably flawed, fiery central character.

This version of the play has been adapted by American playwright Jon Robin Baitz and features Brooke Aiello in the lead role. The intelligent Hedda yearns to escape her marriage to a man she finds excruciatingly dull. Suffocated by the expectations and limitations of the world, she tries to fulfill her aimless desires by manipulating the fates of those around her—no matter how dark the outcome.

“The problems people face in Hedda’s world haven’t been left behind in the Victorian era,” says director Heather Parish. “It is a deep dive into issues of wealth, courage, weakness, reputation, rebellion, hopes and dreams, and the effect that all of these have on individuals. The consequences of capricious and thoughtless actions toward ourselves and each other is at the core of ‘Hedda Gabler.’ We recognize these characters in our modern lives. No matter the time period, people are people.”

Sounds pretty fascinating, right?

If you’d like to see “Hedda Gabler,” you have seven chances to do so:

Friday, August 11 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 12 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 13 at 2 p.m.

Friday, August 18 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 19 at 2 p.m.

Saturday, August 19 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 20 at 2 p.m.

The Ashley Auditorium at Fresno Pacific University is located at 1717 S Chestnut Avenue in Fresno. (The New Ensemble is an independent theater company that is not affiliated with Fresno Pacific University.)

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. (There is a $5 special on August 19 at 2 p.m.). For more information, visit www.heddafresno.com.

*NOTE: The above flyer says the show is at the Strasbourg Theater, but it has been moved to Ashley Auditorium.

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I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

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