Gnit - Shaw Festival Theatre

A fearless take on the peerless Peer Gynt.
Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre
June 19 - October 4
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Synopsis

From the author of our 2017 smash hit Middletown. Watch closely as Peter Gnit, a funny-enough but so-so specimen of humanity, makes a lifetime of bad decisions, on the search for his True Self, which is disintegrating while he searches. A rollicking and very cautionary tale about, among other things, how the opposite of love is laziness. Gnit is a faithful, unfaithful and wilfully American reading of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, a 19th century Norwegian play which is famous for all the wrong reasons, written by Will Eno, who has never been to Norway.

Technical Credits
By Will Eno
Directed by Tim Carroll
Set and costumes designed by Hanne Loosen
Lighting designed by Kevin Lamotte
Music direction, original music and
sound designed by Claudio Vena

GNIT is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

Age Recommendation
Age 14+
Production Sponsor
Jackie Maxwell Studio
Theatre Sponsor
Cast
Creative
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p Preview
s Seniors & Students
o Opening
cc Closed Captioning
f Final Performance
Shaw Express Available
R Relaxed Performance
How to book
GC & Premier | Nov 2
Sustaining, Contributing & and Business | Nov 4
Supporting | Nov 7
Annual | Nov 9
General Public | Dec 7
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