A Dollhouse Project

NOTE: Audiences will be bused to three immersive venues. Each venue will be set in a different time period, and audiences will be transported between them at each act break. The evening will begin at the theatre Box Office in the Communication Arts Building Atrium for check-in prior to departure.  Sites and transportation will be wheelchair accessible. The evening will end with a return to the Communication Arts Building.  28 seats are available in each venue.  

Nora Helmer is a vibrant young housewife who nonetheless suffers from a crippling dependency on her husband, Torvald. He has always done the thinking for the both of them. In order to save Torvald from a debt, and to spare his masculine pride, Nora arranges a loan without his knowledge, and does so by forging a signature. The inevitable revelation of the crime results in an unexpected reaction from Torvald: Rather than being grateful to Nora, he is incapable of accepting the pride and self-sufficiency she demonstrated in taking care of him, and he accuses her of damaging his good name. The illusions behind their marriage are exposed, and Nora experiences self-awareness for the first time in her life.