TUTA’s Hedda Gabler is a world premiere adaptation, in which the past and present collide, in which modern music and classical text intersect, in ways that reinvent the tale we think we know. In a time of rapidly shifting social and sexual paradigms, no work rings with more unflinching insight than that of the great Norwegian writer. Ibsen rose to prominence in large part through his refusal to follow the rules; writing plays for thinkers, for citizens, for people willing to question the moral compass of the universe. 

In this new adaptation, TUTA explores a reimagined take on Hedda’s point of view - backing Hedda with a 3-piece live band. Using TUTA’s unique approach to ensemble, music, and design, this reinvented Hedda Gabler brings Ibsen into conversation with our own era of secrets, corruption, and the fight for freedom without compromise, as all the while the band plays on...


TUTA acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, The Light A City Fund, and the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.