PICT Opens ‘Miss Julie’ at Carnegie Stage (Fri., 4/18/25)

MISS JULIE by August Strindberg, adapted by Amy Ng. Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre. April 18 – May 4.

When Miss Julie premiered in Stockholm in 1889, August Strindberg’s most famous play had already been censored by Swedish authorities. Even still, like Ibsen’s A Doll’s House ten years earlier, the play was scandalous in its depiction of a headstrong young woman having an affair with her father’s valet. Rhodes Scholar, historian, playwright and screenwriter Amy Ng has adapted Strindberg’s classic work to a setting in the British governor’s mansion in post-World War II Hong Kong. Whereas Strindberg held a mirror up to social mores, Ng, here adds socio-political pressure to the predicament of Miss Julie and John the valet. Of course, in adapting one of the first modern plays to address naturalism on stage, it can’t hurt that Ng’s adaptation is rooted in her native culture. PICT, which stands for Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre, offers the U.S. premiere of Ng’s work at Carnegie Stage. 8 p.m. Tonight’s performance is sold out. 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. (C.P.O.)

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