Dorset Theatre Festival to Continue Reading Series with A DOLL's HOUSE

July 11, 7 PM, as part of their nationally renowned New Play Readings, Dorset Theatre Festival presents director, writer, and translator, Royston Coppenger's exciting re-imagining of Henrik Ibsen's classic play- A Doll's House. Developed by acclaimed director John Gould Rubin, Coppenger and Rubin have found new resonance for our times in the play that astonished its audiences when first produced. Dorset Theatre Festival is excited to be able to support the art of translation, with this stunning new adaptation destined to please and entertain audiences for years to come.

Director and actor, John Gould Rubin is the director of the recently extended Broadway hit, Turn Me Loose, the story of comedic genius Dick Gregory, starring Joe Morton and produced by musician John Legend. Director, writer, and translator Royston Coppenger's work has been produced across the United States and abroad. His acclaimed translations of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Chekhov's The Seagull, and his adaptation of Strindberg's Playing with Fire were all directed by John Gould Rubin in New York City.

Unique in his approach to the development of a play, Rubin, and the entire cast and creative crew ?Coppenger, the actors, Audrey Ross, Luke Forbes, Sammi Katz, Sarah Wharton, Stephen Dexter, and Vayu O'Donnell; Production Designer, Liz Toonkel, and Composer Ryan Rummery? will all be in Dorset ahead of the July 11 reading for an immersive and multi-media exploration of the script. Reached in New York City, Rubin commented on the play, "A Doll's House is a play about perverse behavior by an unbalanced couple compensating for their own moral corruption. Their actions privately and publicly are lurid, exhibitionistic and embrace deliberate sexually titillation." Groundbreaking at the time of its publication A Doll's House remains relevant and provocative for contemporary audiences.

New plays begin their lives at Dorset Theatre Festival, and a new generation of playwrights tests their voices there before having their plays produced on Broadway and beyond. The Festival has hosted over 70 playwrights in the past 6 years, developing over 90 new works, 18 of which have gone on to receive full productions or further development at some of the most prestigious venues in the country; redefining the landscape of regional theatre.

The Dorset Theatre Festival creates bold and innovative theatre that engages a diverse, multi-generational community, enlightening, entertaining, and inspiring its audience through the celebration of great plays produced with the highest degree of artistry. For more information on this program as well as the Festival in general, please go to dorsettheatrefestival.org or call (802) 867-2223.