GUEST PERFORMANCE
A rare opportunity to encounter the work of one of the most brilliant and enduring voices in Scandinavian literature. Though written over a century ago, classic Swedish author HJALMAR SODERBERG’s scandalous 1905 novel Doctor Glas remains chillingly relevant today.
This gripping solo performance adapted by JEFFREY HATCHER for Obie Award–winning actor DANIEL GERROLL (The Blacklist, Chariots of Fire) explores Söderberg’s controversial masterpiece – a psychological thriller with a remarkably progressive title character addressing themes of abortion, adultery, and murder.
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Reviews
‘A quietly powerful, dark and bittersweet tale.’ – San Diego Story
‘Breathtaking skill, unwavering presence, and raw emotional power.’ – Fringe Review
‘Endlessly compelling’ – On Stage Pittsburgh
‘Intricate and Riveting’ – Cultue Vulture
Opening November 16
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Tues–Sat: 2pm–7pm
Sun: 11am–2pm
70 min (no intermission)
703 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA
Between Lincoln and Abbott Kinney
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“It is boring to say that all classic literature and drama MUST be witnessed, but when it is handled with the verve, wit and aplomb of Hatcher’s adaptation it fully enters the realm of entertainment. It has been thrilling to witness the audience responding to the humor as much as to the drama. It may be a psychological thriller but Hatcher sure knows how to make it FUN.”
“The biggest challenge, without doubt was performing it in Kyiv in 2023 after being kept awake by air raid sirens and performing it outdoors in the courtyard of a bar famous for fostering anarchism a hundred years ago. Not challenging because it was difficult but because I had so much to live up to. It is the very essence of theatre going back to Homer wandering the mediterranean world delivering his epic poem in person from town to town.”
Daniel Gerroll interviewed by BroadwayWorld
Gerroll on Glas
“All of us, however much success or failure we have had in life, get to a point where you wonder whether, ‘Did life pass me by, or did I ride the train? Did I get on? Did I get up too soon? All those questions about, have you made the most of your life? And I guess – I don’t know whether this is sort of a spoiler in a way – but he realizes that by being such an acetic personality and so misanthropic, and yet a do-gooder as a doctor, he realizes that his nature has caused him to let life pass him by. And it hits me so hard, because I’ve tried so hard not to let life pass by,” Gerroll said, adding, “Doing this play is very much not letting life pass me by.”
“Glas is a person with strong convictions that go against social norms – he is pro-divorce, pro-abortion, pro-voluntary euthanasia, but he keeps his principles locked up inside himself and only when he comes alive in his infatuation for a special lady does he realize that by being silent, he has let life pass him by.”