APT's 'A Doll's House' is everything you'd want in a great play

By Gwendolyn Rice, OnMilwaukee.com, August 21, 2019.

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen shocked European audiences at the end of the 19th century with his play, "A Doll's House." In this classic domestic drama, Ibsen vividly portrays the limited legal, professional and personal options available to women at the time. He also introduced viewers to a completely new kind of heroine, one who – spoiler alert – declares her independence and defies societal expectations by leaving her husband and family to pursue her own goals.

American Players Theatre's production of "A Doll's House," running in the Touchstone Theatre in Spring Green through Oct. 6, is also shocking – in its relevance and its astonishing emotional depth. This thoughtful, multi-layered production directed by Keira Fromm will completely supplant any melodramatic interpretations of the required reading text you may have suffered through in a high school English class. Kept resolutely in the world of Norway in 1879 in its aesthetics, the play nonetheless feels vibrant and vital for modern audiences.

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