DR GLAS at 7 STAGES BACK STAGE

Daniel Gerroll’s one-man tour-de-force Dr. Glas comes to the Atlanta Fringe Festival for Six Performances, May 30 - June 7 2025

Award-winning British stage, television and film actor Daniel Gerroll is known for creating memorable roles in projects ranging from the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire to the hit sitcom Seinfeld among many others in an acting career that began in London and continued in New York and Hollywood.

These days, Gerroll is busy touring his one-man stage production of Dr. Glas, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of the classic Swedish novel by Hjalmar Söderberg. Having debuted at the inaugural Ukraine Fringe Festival in war-torn Kyiv in 

September 2023, and earned raves at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dr. Glas is embarking on a tour of U.S. Fringe festivals in 2025. The show comes to the Atlanta Fringe Festival in May and June, with performances on Friday May 30 at 7 pm, Saturday May 31 at 3.30 pm, Sunday June 1 at 2 pm, Wednesday June 4 at 7 pm, Thursday June 5 at 9 pm and Saturday June 7 at 10.30 pm at 7 STAGES, 1105 EUCLID AVE N.E. ATLANTA. Tickets are available at AtlantaFringe.orgAtlantaFringe.org

“When you read this psychological thriller with its dashes of philosophical musings woven into intricate and intimate journal entries, Dr. Glas stays deeply embedded in the imagination,” says Gerroll. Published in 1905 in Swedish, it wasn’t until 1963 that there was an available English translation. Various stage adaptations have appeared all over Northern Europe, but Hatcher’s adaptation is the first serious American version. Following a series of workshops and digital offerings, it was expanded to a full 75-minute play in September 2023 and presented at the inaugural Ukraine Fringe Festival in Kyiv.

Söderberg’s controversial 1905 novel is a psychological thriller with a remarkably progressive title character, addressing themes of abortion, assisted dying, adultery and murder. Critic Lynne Friedman called the play “as intricate and riveting as classic film noir.” In a rave review, The Scotsman said, “Dr Glas is brought to life in all his complexities with remarkable clarity by veteran British actor Daniel Gerroll.”

Learn more about Daniel Gerroll at www.gerrollglas.com