About the Play:

Ibsen's Ghost is a full-length dark comedy by Charles Busch. The play Ibsen never wrote – but with more laughs and a happy ending! Shortly after the death of playwright Henrik Ibsen, his former protégée begins peddling a libelous diary exposing the playwright's misdeeds – but his widow will preserve her husband's legacy by any means necessary.

Ibsen's Ghost spins a tall tale of a widow's tooth-and-claw fight to save her husband's legacy. Shortly after the death of celebrated playwright Henrik Ibsen, his widow Suzannah receives word that her husband's former protégée is in town shopping around a libelous so-called diary exposing the Doll's House playwright's misdeeds. Enlisting help from her sharp-witted stepmother, Ibsen's long-lost illegitimate son, a servant girl with a wayward pelvis, and an enigmatic rodent exterminator known as the Rat Wife, Suzannah sets out to preserve her husband's legacy by any means necessary. Written by the legendary Charles Busch, the genius campmeister who has been called "a first-class satirist and farceur" (The New Yorker), Ibsen's Ghost tells a tall (and hilarious) tale of the toll a great man's ghost takes on the women at the soul of his work.

Ibsen's Ghost premiered in 2024 at 59E59 Theaters off-Broadway in New York City following a run at George Street Playhouse in New Jersey .

Cast: 4 female, 3 male

What people say:

"A hilarious must-see… A fast-paced frolic with a little romance and plenty of laughs." — Broadway World

"A plunge into the world of absurdism… encompassing everything from lowbrow to highbrow humor, pratfalls, farce, witty repartee, satire, sitcom antics, parody, and just plain screwball silliness. Ibsen's Ghost is a joy ride all the way." — Talkin' Broadway

"If you're looking for a highly literate lark, this is it." — Lighting & Sound America

About the Playwright:

Charles Busch is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He is the author of the award-winning Broadway play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and Our Leading Lady. He starred in such plays as The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran for five years Off-Broadway. In 2003, Busch received a special Drama Desk award for career achievement as both a performer and a playwright.