PEER GYNT
by
Henrik Ibsen
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CAST
Eric Cuestas-Thompson
Alex Gust
​Katelyn Hoffman
Austin Matteson
​Niclas Olson
Emily Robinson
Melanie Schaffer

ADAPTED and DIRECTED
by
 Niclas Olson
New Muses is pleased to present a new production of Henrik Ibsen’s epic adventure PEER GYNT. Based on classic Norwegian folk tales, Ibsen’s sprawling masterpiece is the story of a man struggling to find purpose in his life as he journeys the world from the wilds of Norway to the deserts of Egypt and home again.

PEER GYNT is presented in two parts, similar to ANGELS IN AMERICA or HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD. While enjoyable on their own, the two parts are intended to be seen in order on two separate evenings or, on select dates, in the same day (matinee and evening). 
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In PART ONE: YOUTH the story follows a young man, Peer, as he creates mischief and mayhem in the villages and fjords around his home. After kidnapping the bride from a local wedding, he runs away into the mountains to find adventure with trolls, reindeer, and mysterious forces. YOUTH is the story of a young man finding the courage to go out and see the world. It is a love story, an adventure, and most of all a journey of discovery.

Twenty years later, in PART TWO: REVENANT, Peer has grown into a successful businessman, until his fortune disappears and he finds himself stranded in the deserts of Africa. He travels the sands meeting thieves, madmen, gorillas, and the Sphinx until finally, years later he embarks on a long voyage home. Back in Norway, Peer meets a world that has changed and moved on without him. As he reaches the end of his own journey he is faced with the legacy of his life, and left to wonder if it was enough. REVENANT ranges from a madcap farce to a melancholy tale of later life.
Dukesbay Theater
508 6th Ave #10, Tacoma, WA
4.27.2017 - 5.21.2017
Thursday thru Saturday at 8:00    Sundays at 2:00
Additional Performances: Sunday, May 14 and 21 at 7:00

Press:

“The New Muses production of the epic utilizes only six actors to portray a bewildering array of characters: cave trolls, Norwegian villagers, sailors, colonial adventurers, Arabian dancing girls, devils and inmates of an insane asylum. Olson stars as Peer Gynt, fleshing the character out in all its mercurial complexity… Performances by New Muses Theatre Company are always a treat, classics like “Peer Gynt” especially so.” - Dave R. Davison (Tacoma Weekly)
​“Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt is a monumentally ambitious play... an incredible challenge to any actor and any theater company, which Olson and company handle with seeming ease... The acting throughout is commendable, as most of the cast takes on divergent roles. Hoffman plays the sweet and tender Solveig as the most believable and least outrageous character in the play. Melanie Schaffer is outstanding and in parts almost gleefully evil as The Woman in Green and other parts. Olson's histrionics as the overly dramatic Peer Gynt are a joy to watch as he switches lightning-fast from absurdly comical to intensely dramatic.” - Alec Clayton (The Weekly Volcano)
A New Muses Theatre Company production at the Dukesbay Theater (508 6th Ave | Tacoma)