Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy

Theatre

Name:	59E59 Theaters/ Theater A
Address:	59 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022

Production Information

First performance date:	March 2, 2024
Opening date:	March 14, 2024
Closing date:	April 14, 2024
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Ibsen’s Ghost is about a wife trying to preserve her husband’s legacy by any means necessary. Shortly after the death of legendary Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, his widow Suzannah receives word that her husband’s former protégée is in town peddling a libelous diary exposing the playwright’s misdeeds.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	59E59 Theaters	Producer
	Primary Stages	Producer
	Jamie deRoy	Produced in Association
	George Street Playhouse	Produced in Association
	Daryl Roth	By Special Arrangement
	Ted Snowdon	By Special Arrangement

	Charles Busch	Playwright

	Carl Andress	Director

	Shoko Kambara	Set Designer
	Gregory Gale	Costume Designer
	Ken Billington	Lighting Designer
	Ien DeNio	Co-Sound Designer
	Jill BC Du Boff	Co-Sound Designer
	Bobbie Zlotnik	Wig Designer

Cast

Actor	Role
Christopher Borg	George Elstad/the Rat Wife
Charles Busch	Suzannah Ibsen
Jen Cody	Gerda
Thomas Gibson	Wolf
Judy Kaye	Magdalene Thoresen
Jennifer Van Dyck	Hanna Solberg
Kate Hampton	Susannah Ibsen	UNDERSTUDY