Laurie Metcalf, Chris Cooper & More Will Bring Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House, Part 2 to Broadway

Emmy winner and Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf and Oscar winner Chris Cooper will star in A Doll’s House, Part 2 on Broadway. Lucas Hnath’s revisiting of the Ibsen classic, which will mark the playwright’s Broadway debut, will begin performances on April 1, 2017 at the John Golden Theatre. The Sam Gold-helmed production will also feature Tony winner Jayne Houdyshell and Condola Rashad.

Scott Rudin will produce the Broadway engagement—a decision made before any previous staging of the play. A Doll’s House, Part 2 was commissioned at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, where it is still scheduled to run simultaneously beginning April 9.

Metcalf earned a Tony nomination earlier this year for Misery. The Roseanne Emmy winner’s additional Broadway credits include The Other Place and November. Cooper, who won an Oscar for Adaptation, returns to the Great White Way after making his Broadway debut in 1980’s Of the Fields, Lately. Houdyshell took home a Tony in June for her current performance in The Humans; she was also nominated for Follies and Well. Rashad, who last appeared on Broadway in Romeo and Juliet, earned Tony nominations for The Trip to Bountiful and Stick Fly.

In the final scene of Ibsen's 1879 ground-breaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children, and begin a life on her own. This climactic event—when Nora slams the door on everything in her life — instantly propelled world drama into the modern age. In A Doll’s House, Part 2, many years have passed since Nora’s exit. Now, there’s a knock on that same door. Nora has returned. But why? And what will it mean for those she left behind? Hnath’s previous works include The Christians and Red Speedo, both of which have recently played off-Broadway.

The production will feature scenic design by Miriam Buether and costume design by David Zinn.

A Doll’s House, Part 2 will open officially on April 27 and is set to play a 16-week limited engagement. The Golden Theatre is currently home to The Encounter, which will end its run on January 8.