'A Doll's House' at Gesa Power House

WALLA WALLA—Gesa Power House Theatre presents a local production of the play "A Doll’s House,"Part 2 on Thurs., May 9 and Sat., May 11 at 7. p.m. and on Sun., May 12 at 2 p.m.

In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, "A Doll’s House," Nora Helmer closed the door on her husband and family in order to find herself. In "A Doll’s House," Part 2 modern playwright Lucas Hnath imagines that she comes back through that door fifteen years later. In a series of provocative and often hilarious skirmishes with the members of her abandoned household, Nora struggles with the difficult balance between truth to oneself and responsibility to others.

In this production of "A Doll’s House," Part 2, Shauna Bogley is Nora; Kevin Loomer her abandoned husband, Torvald; Kathryn Bogley their now-grown daughter Emmy; and Terri Trick is Anne Marie, the nanny who has cared for the household in Nora’s absence. Whitman College Professor Emerita Nancy Simon directs.

"A Doll’s House, Part 2" works both as a stand-alone piece and as a riff on the original source material. Knowledge of Ibsen or his plays is not necessary. According to American Theatre magazine, this Tony-nominated play is currently the most-produced play of the 2018-2019 season on American stages.

"A Doll’s House, Part 2" will be staged in “three quarter round” on the Gesa Power House Theatre stage. Beer and wine will be available for purchase, and may be taken into the theater.

Reserved seating tickets ($23 Adults; $15 Students) are available online atwww.phtww.com or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. Group ticket sales are available by calling 509-876-1662.