Heddatron

Heddatron by Elizabeth Meriwether

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Productions (19)
Comedy/Drama
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65 - 75 minutes
4 W, 6 M, 2 Any (10-14 actors possible: 4-6 W, 4-8 M)
Content Notes: Adult language and content
Set: Functioning robots or at least something on wheels with recorded dialogue. A video screen.

A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her family is back home in Michigan trying to find her, and Henrik Ibsen is in Norway attempting to write Hedda Gabler, as Strindberg taunts him. A hilarious and savage journey to freedom.

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Pricing Information

Min. Performance Fee* $85
Standard Edition $13.99
Stage Manager Edition $24.99
Archival Video License $150

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Play Details

A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to perform Hedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her family is back home in Michigan trying to find her, and Henrik Ibsen is in Norway attempting to write Hedda Gabler, as Strindberg taunts him. A hilarious and savage journey to freedom.

  • Comedy/Drama
  • |
  • 65 - 75 minutes
  • 4 W, 6 M, 2 Any (10-14 actors possible: 4-6 W, 4-8 M)
  • Content Notes: Adult language and content
  • Set: Functioning robots or at least something on wheels with recorded dialogue. A video screen.
  • Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-62384-265-9

Published Reviews

"Strangely moving... Achieves true, and truly original, theatrical transcendence... Magical... Brings to mind the heady fall down the rabbit hole that begins Alice's Adventures in Wonderland..."

Ben Brantley, The New York Times

"Packed with intelligence and wit."

Broadway.com

"An irreverent romp."

USA Today

"Go-for-broke energy and intellectual gluttony... The latest genre-defying head-trip by the dependably bratty Les Freres Corbusier."

The New York Sun

"Zany... Inspired... Five of the cutest robots that ever rolled off an engineering ramp interact smartly with human actors in this cheeky sendup of Ibsen and the precepts of the well-made play."

Variety

"What could have been merely a novelty stunt, or a facile comment on sensitive souls in a dehumanized world, becomes an exultant celebration of the cathartic powers of theater."

Ben Brantley, The New York Times

Production History

MAY 03, 2024 - MAY 12, 2024
Palomar College- Performing Arts
San Marcos, CA United States
Palomar College- Performing ArtsSan Marcos, CA United States
DEC 02, 2023 - DEC 02, 2023
Montgomery College
Rockville, MD United States
Montgomery CollegeRockville, MD United States
NOV 11, 2023 - NOV 11, 2023
Montgomery College Theatre Arts
Rockville, MD United States
Montgomery College Theatre ArtsRockville, MD United States
OCT 18, 2023 - OCT 18, 2023
Visual Arts Center at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX United States
Visual Arts Center at The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX United States
APR 22, 2022 - MAY 01, 2022
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY United States
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY United States
MAR 19, 2021 - MAR 21, 2021
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Tempe, AZ United States
School of Music, Dance and TheatreTempe, AZ United States
FEB 28, 2020 - MAR 07, 2020
Lafayette College
Easton, PA United States
Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA United States
NOV 09, 2017 - NOV 18, 2017
Boise State University
Boise, ID United States
Boise State UniversityBoise, ID United States
MAY 01, 2013 - MAY 02, 2013
Davidson College Department Of Theatre
Davidson, NC United States
Davidson College Department Of TheatreDavidson, NC United States
MAY 18, 2012 - JUN 09, 2012
Stray Cat Theatre
Phoenix, AZ United States
Stray Cat TheatrePhoenix, AZ United States
1 of 2
No upcoming productions.
MAR 17, 2012 - MAR 31, 2012
Ion Theatre
San Diego, CA United States
Ion TheatreSan Diego, CA United States
APR 12, 2011 - APR 12, 2011
Sideshow Theatre Company NFP
Chicago, IL United States
Sideshow Theatre Company NFPChicago, IL United States
FEB 11, 2011 - APR 24, 2011
Sideshow Theatre Company NFP
Chicago, IL United States
Sideshow Theatre Company NFPChicago, IL United States
FEB 11, 2011 - MAR 05, 2011
Salvage Vanguard Theater
Austin, TX United States
Salvage Vanguard TheaterAustin, TX United States
APR 17, 2009 - MAY 03, 2009
Theater Ninjas
Bratenahl, OH United States
Theater NinjasBratenahl, OH United States
FEB 01, 2006 - FEB 28, 2006
Les Freres Corbusier (HERE Arts Center)
New York, NY United States
Les Freres Corbusier (HERE Arts Center)New York, NY United States

Awards (1)

Newsday Oppenheimer Award (2006)

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