Hnath - DollS House, Pt. 2

Smart, expertly crafted, moving and very funny. ADAM GREEN, VOGUE Hnath has written one of this years best plays The focus is on the collision of viewpoints. Freedom versus responsibility, attachment versus solitude, domestic stability versus individual growththese subjects are thrashed out in the explosive context of gender and social class. CHARLES MCNULTY, LA TIMES Lucid and absorbing A Dolls House, Part 2 judiciously balances conflicting ideas about freedom, love and responsibility. ADAM FELDMAN, TIME OUT NEW YORKA Dolls House, Part 2 displays real intellectual curiosity Hnath makes an audacious Broadway debut with this pithy sequel. It delivers explosive laughs while also posing thoughtful questions about marriage, gender inequality and human rights that reverberate across the almost 140 years since Henrik Ibsens original was first produced in 1879 This taut, ninety-minute single act is as much an ingenious elaboration and deconstruction of A Dolls House as a sequel, and it stands perfectly on its own With unfussy eloquence, A Dolls House, Part 2 asks how much, in a century-plus, has changed for Nora and women like her in a world that often still has firm ideas about where they belong.

DAVID ROONEY, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Marvelous Whiplash engaging and insanely entertaining. JEREMY GERARD, DEADLINE Mordantly funny Endlessly stimulating Fundamentally, and profoundly, serious: an exploration of our responsibilities to ourselves and to others; a dissection of the existential problems of marriage and intimacy; and a moving examination of the hard price that must be paid for self-fulfillment, today as much as back in the nineteenth century Hnaths play is far too complex to be boiled down to a single apothegm, but it reminded me, at least, that if it sometimes seems impossible to live with people its absolutely impossible to live without them. CHARLES ISHERWOOD, BROADWAY NEWS Hnath uncannily unreels one inventive and plausible surprise after another in a text as fast-moving as the original is deliberate Like Ibsen, Hnath explores the role of women in all aspects of life everywhereand like Ibsen, he shines a light on the injustices done to women over centuries of belittling and underestimating condescension. ERIC MARCHESE, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Hnath writes fast, vibrant dialogue Provocatively, the play functions as both homage and riposte A forceful critique of self-actualization A brisk and brainy sequel. ALEXIS SOLOSKI, GUARDIAN A great feminist comedy Hnath provides enough ingenious structure to allow A Dolls House, Part 2 to function quite smoothly as an often hilarious puzzle drama Hnath is not using the preexisting characters and their backstory as ways of avoiding having to create something original; rather, they are springboards to something very new indeed Hnaths play is at its core a public forum on questions of marriage that still bedevil us. Is wedlock ownership? May one love only once? How can people expect to stay together when they are always, individually, changing? JESSE GREEN, VULTURE The most thought-provoking play on Broadway The strength of Hnaths drama is in its ability to get us to sympathize with all four of his characters Hnath tackles not only persistent misogyny, but the cult of individualism, the compromises we all make for comfort, and the faith required to make a change.

ZACHARY STEWART, THEATERMANIA Bracingly intelligent Hnath examines the issues brought up in Ibsens classic play with complexity and empathy. TERRY MORGAN, STAGE RAWA Dolls HousePart 2A Dolls HousePart 2Lucas HnathTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUPNEW YORK2018A Dolls House, Part 2 is copyright 2018 by Lucas Hnath A Dolls House, Part 2 is published by Theatre Communications Group, Inc., 520 Eighth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018-4156 All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in newspaper, magazine, radio or television reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that this material, being fully protected under the Copyright Laws of the United States of America and all other countries of the Berne and Universal Copyright Conventions, is subject to a royalty. All rights, including but not limited to, professional, amateur, recording, motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio and television broadcasting, and the rights of translation into foreign languages are expressly reserved. Particular emphasis is placed on the question of readings and all uses of this book by educational institutions, permission for which must be secured from the authors representative: Derek Zasky, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, (212) 586-5100, DZasky@wmeentertainment.com.

The publication of A Dolls House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, through TCGs Book Program, is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. TCG books are exclusively distributed to the book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018032188 ISBN 978-1-55936-582-6 (paperback) / ISBN 978-1-55936-897-1 (ebook) A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Book design and composition by Lisa Govan Cover design by Monet Cogbill Cover art courtesy of SPOTCO and BLT Communications, LLC (Pictured: Laurie Metcalf, Broadway production) First Edition, December 2018 Contents THE AUTHOR WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Kimberly Colburn, Kelly Miller, Marc Masterson and South Coast Rep. Kate Mulgrew, Tom Nelis, Tina Chilip, Mike Crane, Polly Lee, Peggy Scott. Sarah Lunnie.

David Adjmi, Joy Meads, Marisa Viola. Emily Morse, John Steber. Tessa Auberjonois, Carmela Corbett, Steven Culp, Tracey A. Leigh, Lynn Milgrim. Mia Barron, Rob Nagle. Laura Linney, John Benjamin Hickey, Lois Smith, Grace Gummer, Daniel Sullivan, Lynne Meadow.

Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp. Shelley Butler, Shannon Cochran, Bill Geisslinger, Virginia Vale. Sam Gold, Osheen Jones. Laurie Metcalf, Chris Cooper, Jayne Houdyshell, Condola Rashad. Miriam Buether, Peter Nigrini, Jennifer Tipton, David Zinn. Julie White, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Erin Wilhelmi.

Val Day, Derek Zasky. Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson. Mona Pirnot. PRODUCTION HISTORYA Dolls House, Part 2 had its world premiere at South Coast Repertory (Marc Masterson, Artistic Director; Paula Tomei, Managing Director; David Emmes and Martin Benson, Founding Artistic Directors) on April 9, 2017. It was directed by Shelley Butler. The scenic design was by Takeshi Kata and Se Hyun Oh, the costume design was by Sara Ryung Clement, the lighting design was by Tom Ontiveros, the sound design was by Cricket S.

Myers; the dramaturg was Kimberly Colburn and the stage manager was Bree Sherry. The cast was:

NORA	Shannon Cochran
TORVALD	Bill Geisslinger
ANNE MARIE	Lynn Milgrim
EMMY	Virginia Vale

A Dolls House, Part 2 opened on Broadway at the Golden Theatre on April 27, 2017. The producers were: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Barry Diller, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Universal Stage Productions, the John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, Ambassador Theatre Group, Len Blavatnik, Peter May, Seth A. Goldstein, Heni Koenigsberg, Stephanie P. & Benjamin Simpson. & Benjamin Simpson.Next page