The Old Globe Theatre announced that they’ve extended their production of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” featuring lead actress Katie Holmes. The reimagined version of the classic play is by Erin Cressida Wilson, commissioned by The Globe.
Directed by Barry Edelstein, the Globe’s Artistic Director, the production promises a “fresh and emotionally charged take on the Ibsen classic.”
“Hedda Gabler” will play on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage at The Old Globe Theater in San Diego’s Balboa Park.
Performances started on Feb. 7 and now run through March 22, 2026.
“‘Hedda Gabler’ is one of the landmark works of world drama and I’m truly thrilled to bring a bracing new take on it to the Globe,” Edelstein said. “Like all of Ibsen’s plays, this one is obsessed by how the choices we
make in our pasts come back around to shape our present. That’s why it’s so fun that it reunites me with two artists I’ve had significant collaborations with over the years.”
“Hedda, like Hamlet, rises or falls with the actor in the title role. [Holmes is] everything: victim, tyrant, femme fatale; funny, scathing, tragic,” Edelstein said. “Only an actor with immense imagination and charisma
can take on Hedda Gabler, and in Katie’s radiant and powerful performance, Globe audiences are going to witness something rare and special. She’s an artist at the height of her powers and we’re lucky to have her in San Diego. This is going to be a memorable moment at The Old Globe, and I can’t wait to share it.’
The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is a professional nonprofit regional theater, now in its 90th year, produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary and new works on its three Balboa Park stages.
Tickets for “Hedda Gabler” are currently available by subscription only:
The Old Globe’s website
Phone: 619-234-5623
In person: The Globe’s box office in Balboa Park