A DOLL'S HOUSE
By Henrik Ibsen

CAST:
NORA: Katelyn Hoffman
TORVALD: Ryan St. Martin
MRS. LINDE: Kathryn Philbrook
KROGSTAD: Niclas Olson
DR. RANK: Ben Stahl
ANNE: Emily Robinson

DESIGN
Niclas Olson

SOUND DESIGN
​Bethany Bevier

BOARD OPERATORS
Erinne Kellogg
Bethany Bevier

CHOREGRAPHY
Bethany Bevier

ADAPTED and DIRECTED
by
 Niclas Olson

Nominated for Three
BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards

Best Actress in a Play
Katelyn Hoffman

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Kathryn Grace Philbrook

Best Featured Actor in a Play
​Beh Stahl
New Muses Theatre Company returns to the Dukesbay Theater with Henrik Ibsen’s A DOLL'S HOUSE.  This polarizing tale sent shockwaves through society after premiering in 1879.  Nora (Katelyn Hoffman, Miss Julie) is a housewife and mother, living an idyllic life with her husband (Ryan St. Martin) and three children. But when a debt from her past rises up on Christmas Eve, the web of secrets and oppression underneath their happy existence begins to fray. As Nora fights to control the fallout from each revelation, she finds a growing passion for life and self-determination that will change everything.
Dukesbay Theater
508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma, WA
4.28.2016 - 5.14.2016
In Repertory with Ibsen's GHOSTS

Press:

"The set is wonderfully spare. The story unfolds in three acts that flow along at an easy clip… The cast and crew do a good job of presenting the Ibsen masterpiece in a way that seems simple and straightforward. Yet the play’s multiple layers will continue to reveal themselves to the mind long after the curtain has fallen (metaphorically in this case)… Katelyn Hoffman anchors the show in her role as Nora, the titular “doll” of the story. She is sweet and docile with her moralizing and condescending husband Torvald. By the end of the play, however, she has become clear minded; steadfastly defiant of the man whom she now realizes is a stranger to her… Kathryn Grace Philbrook, as Mrs. Linde, and Niclas Olson as Krogstad are great as a pair of worldly characters who are able to find and redeem one another while the “perfect” marriage of Nora and Torvald is falling to pieces." - Dave R. Davison (Tacoma Weekly)
"(A Doll’s House) is a smart play that is both intriguing and provocative... the most believable and engaging acting came from the two lead female characters, Katelyn Hoffman as Nora and Kathryn Grace Philbrook as Mrs. Linde. In Hoffman's subtly controlled expressions of anger and joy, I sensed the withheld fury of a woman held prisoner by circumstances. The range of expressions by Philbrook and by Olson as Krogstad, the most complex character in the play, were both noteworthy… I loved the beautifully layered blue-lighted backdrop (design by Olson), and I loved the equally beautiful white dress that Nora wore… Both A Doll's House and Ghosts are plays that are historically important and that intelligently and dramatically depict the evolution of relationships between the sexes. These are plays that should be seen." - Alec Clayton (The Weekly Volcano)

a New Muses Theatre Company production at the Dukesbay Theater