Miss Julie

August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a confrontation of class, gender, and desire at the turn of the twentieth century that’s as relevant today as when it was first written. 

Miss Julie wants to abandon her upper-class, aristocratic life and escape the expectations that trap her. Jean, her servant, wants to climb the social ladder and rise through the ranks of society. Over the course of a wine-soaked evening, the two jockey for position, using sex, status, and strategy to collide and combust.

Associate Artistic Director Gabrielle Randle-Bent (A Raisin in the Sun) directs one of Strindberg’s most celebrated works, interrogating the limitations of politics and position, and the tension between who we are and who we want to be. 

Accessible Performances:

• Touch Tour: Saturday, February 28 at 12:30pm
• Audio Description and ASL Interpretation: Saturday, February 28 at 2:00pm
• Open Captioning: Sunday, March 1 at 2:00pm

Julia Thecla, Evening Bow; courtesy of the Art Collection from South Side Community Art Center.