A Doll's House Part 2
By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Ted Pappas
Remember when Nora walked out and slammed the door behind her in Ibsen’s 1879 masterpiece, A Doll’s House? Well, she’s back. It’s 15 years later and Nora confronts Torvald to demand that he officially divorce her. She navigates some hilarious and harrowing negotiations with her husband, their daughter Emmy, and their nanny Anne Marie, as we watch the woman who once up-ended the rules of marriage return to set the record straight. A must-see for theater-lovers and anyone who’s ever tried to be married.
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Featuring
Helena Ruoti
Anne Marie
Helena Ruoti has performed more than a dozen leading roles at The Public. Favorites include Julie in The Royal Family, Regina in The Little Foxes, Ann Landers in The Lady with All the Answers. Awards include PPG Performer of the Year, Cultural Trust’s Creative Achievement Award, and an Allegheny County Council award for contribution to women in the arts.
Daniel Krell
Torvald
A 2019 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Performer of the Year, Dan has appeared in over 30 productions with The Public. He's played a variety of major roles with the region’s professional theatres, as well as theatres around the country. Dan is also a veteran of many film, TV, and voiceover productions, including playing Mr. McFeely opposite Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Upcoming: The Seagull for Quantum Theatre.
Lisa Velten Smith
Nora
LISA VELTEN SMITH (Nora) is thrilled to be back at Pittsburgh Public Theater where she was last seen as Hesther Salomon in Equus. Other notable Pittsburgh theater credits include Disgraced (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Oblivion, Hand To God, Nomad Motel (City Theatre). Broadway: After Miss Julie (Roundabout Theatre). Off-B’way: Spirit Control (Manhattan Theatre Club), Antony and Cleopatra, All’s Well That Ends Well (Theatre for a New Audience). Other select credits include: Hand To God (TheaterWorks Hartford), Greedy (Clubbed Thumb), Silent Heroes (Roundtable Ensemble), FUBAR, LoveSick (Project Y Theatre), Rabbit Hole (Premiere Stages), Paris Commune (La Jolla Playhouse), Bash (About Face Theatre), Absolution (Steppenwolf Garage). TV/Film: “Gone,” “White Collar,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (recurring), “Early Edition,” Feast of the Seven Fishes, Proxy, In Our Nature, 100 Towels, What Are You Having?, among others. BFA: The Theatre School at DePaul University, MFA: University of California, San Diego. Lisa is an artistic associate of Project Y Theatre in New York City and currently teaches voice for the stage at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama.
Marielle Young
Emmy
Marielle Young is thrilled to be back at The Public after A Doll’s House, Part 2. Television credits include Blue Bloods (CBS), Major Crimes (TNT), The Blacklist (NBC), Bonding (Netflix). Theater credits include The Acting Company, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Kitchen Theatre, Chester Theatre, Capital Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theater, Ars Nova, and more. Find out more at www.marielleyoung.org and on social media @101marielle.
Ted Pappas
Director
TED PAPPAS celebrates his 18th season as The Public’s leader and his 25th year of close association with the company as a director. Acknowledged for his tremendous versatility, Ted has worked on and off-Broadway, directed a hip-hop concert that galvanized the Cannes Film Festival, produced and directed a Las Vegas extravaganza for impresario Steve Wynn, choreographed a musical for famed director Harold Prince, directed at New York City Opera under the leadership of Beverly Sills, and served as choreographer of NBC’s "Saturday Night Live." He has travelled from coast to coast and Canada staging productions for major regional theaters and opera companies, establishing a reputation as a uniquely gifted man of the theater. In 1998 he was elected President of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the national labor union. For Pittsburgh Public Theater he has staged 56 shows, encompassing an extraordinary range of styles and periods. His acclaimed production of The Chief played to standing-room only houses for nine seasons and was filmed. His productions of Oedipus the King, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Amadeus, and My Fair Lady broke Public Theater box office records. Ted has produced over 100 productions for Pittsburgh Public Theater, including 10 world and American premieres. He studied Shakespeare with Samuel Schoenbaum and modern drama with Eric Bentley, and holds degrees from Manhattan’s Hunter College and Northwestern University.
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