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STREAMING LIVE - OCTOBER 19 @ 7:00PM EST.
Experience Henrik Ibsen’s 1886 Norwegian masterpiece Rosmersholm. It is the eve of a major election. The country is on the verge of upheaval over a battle between progress and tradition. The press will stop at nothing to influence the result. Challenged by friend and activist Rebecca West, John Rosmer is the last descendent of the Rosmer dynasty, and his family estate and private life become the epicenter of the national debate. A political thriller about love, privilege, and radicalism, Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm asks if our ideals and hopes for the future can escape our ghosts from the past.
ENSEMBLE
Pearce Bunting*
Ulrik Brendel
J. Hernandez*
Peder Mortensgaard
Marcia Saunders*
Mrs. Helseth
Paul Oakley Stovall*
Doctor Kroll
Emily Trask*
Rebecca West
Michael Zlabinger*
Johannes Rosmer
DIRECTED BY HASSAN AL RAWAS
About Hassan
Hassan Al Rawas hails from Beirut, Lebanon but was raised in Kuwait City, Kuwait. In 2019, Hassan completed the MFA in Directing program along with a PhD Certificate in Middle East/North African Studies at Northwestern University. Favorite directing credits include “The Orange Garden” by Joanna Garner, Stephen Karam’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”, “Sylvia” by A.R. Gurney, and “Les Miserables”, to name a few. Hassan was the assistant director on the world premieres of “Witch” by Jen Silverman at Writer’s Theatre (dir. Marti Lyons) and “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” at the Lookingglass Theatre (dir. David Catlin). Hassan has also been named as the associate director on the new Broadway-bound musical “The Devil Wears Prada”, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro.
Hassan holds a Master of Arts in Theatre Performance from Northwestern University (2003) and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Performance Studies from Xavier University (2000).
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ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS
SAG-AFTRA
THEATRE AUTHORITY, INC. FOR THEIR COOPERATION IN PERMITTING THE ARTISTS TO APPEAR IN THIS PROGRAM.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association