Hedda Gabler

By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Yury Urnov
June 6, 2016

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Hedda has returned from her honeymoon with a sigh of ennui, burdened by a husband that fails to ignite or enthrall her, and a new life that fails to impress. When old acquaintances come knocking, Hedda discovers a purpose in her life: to puppeteer the fates of others with callous abandon to deadly, disastrous ends. Towsen University professor and Moscow raised Yury Urnov, who directed a visionary production of Ubu Roi at Cutting Ball in 2014, returns to the company to helm one of Henrik Ibsen’s most revered plays. Bay Area favorite, Britney Frazier, who riveted Cutting Ball audiences in 2014’s Superheroes will play the title role.

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[headshot src=”https://cuttingball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/YUrnov.jpg” name=”Yury Urnov”]Recently named one of American Theatre Magazine’s 7 Theater Workers You Should Know, Yury Urnov is a US-based, Moscow-born director. Yury graduated from the Russian Academy of Theater Art (GITIS) in 2000 and has directed over 40 productions in his home country, Europe, and Africa. His recent directing credits in the US include Ubu Roi at Cutting Ball, award-winning Thr3e Zisters at Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin, The Pillowman at Forum Theater in DC, Marie Antoinette, and You for Me for You at Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in DC, where he is a member. Yury also teaches at Towson University in Maryland.[/headshot][headshot src=”https://cuttingball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/BFrazier.jpg” name=”Britney Frazier”]Britney Frazier – who Cutting Ball patrons may remember from 2014’s production of Superheroes – will take on titular role of Hedda. Britney is a Bay Area actor, director, playwright, and teaching artist who has worked at Cutting Ball, Campo Santo, Shotgun Players, Brava, Ubuntu Theater Project, Marin Theater Company, San Francisco International Arts Festival, and Berkeley Rep. As a teaching artist, Britney directs for Disney Theatrical NY and Bay Area Children’s Theater as a part of their Disney Musicals in Schools Program. As a playwright, she has birthed three original plays – Obeah, Dysphoria, and Pressure High – and writes for the Playwright’s Foundation’s One Minute / Flash Play Festival. Britney can next be seen in San Francisco Playhouse’s upcoming production of Red Velvet.[/headshot]