Randolph College Presents Peer Gynt
Randolph College Presents Peer Gynt
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Matthew Romantini
Adapted by Erika Batdorf with Susan Coyne, Christine Horne and Matthew Romantini
Peer Gynt is a charming but lazy and arrogant peasant youth who leaves home to seek his fortune. Confident of success, he has one disastrous adventure after another. In one, he attends the wedding of a wealthy young woman he himself might have married. There he meets Solveig, who falls in love with him. He impulsively abducts the bride from her wedding celebration and subsequently abandons her. He then embarks on a series of fantastic voyages around the world, finding wealth and fame but never happiness. Finally, old and disillusioned, he returns to Norway, where Solveig, ever faithful and loving, welcomes him home, and he is redeemed.
Show Warnings: Violence, sexual situations, audience engagement, death, mental illness, drinking, loud noises; onions, natural disasters; characters speak on racism, sexism, and colonialism.
Use of Strobe Lighting
Masks are required at all performances. Masks are available at the Box Office