When We Dead Awaken

This year marks the hundredth anniversary of Henrik Ibsen’s death. And what better way to commemorate the solemn dramatist than with a wallop of theatrical desperation, accompanied by some Norwegian rosemaling workshops? Around these parts, there’s no finer Ibsen-obsessed company than Commonweal Theatre. Based down in the hip hamlet of Lanesboro, Commonweal Theatre is firmly rooted in southern Minnesota’s Scandinavian community, where it hosts an Ibsen festival that is now nine years strong (the festival runs February 3 – 6). This year, Commonweal stages When We Dead Awaken, a stoic play about an aging artist that is, coincidentally, the last in the Ibsen catalog. 206 Parkway Ave. N., Lanesboro; 800-657-7025; www.commonwealtheatre.org