"The marvel of Mr. Eno's new version is how closely it tracks the
original while also being, at every moment and unmistakably, a Will Eno
play. After climbing the craggy peaks of Ibsen's daunting play, Mr. Eno
has brought down from its dizzying heights a surprising crowd-pleasing
(if still strange) work." -- Charles Isherwood, New York Times
"Gnit is classic Will Eno. By that I mean I was thrilled by it." --
Kris Vire, TimeOut Chicago
"If ever a play made me want to be a better person, this is it." -- Bob
Fischbach, Omaha World-Herald
Peter Gnit, a funny enough, but so-so specimen of humanity, makes a
lifetime of bad decisions on the search for his True Self. This is a
rollicking yet cautionary tale about (among other things) how the
opposite of love is laziness. Gnit is a faithful, unfaithful and
willfully American misreading of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (a
nineteenth-century Norwegian play), written by Will Eno, who has never
been to Norway.
Will Eno's most recent plays include The Open House (Signature
Theatre, New York, 2014; Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play)
and The Realistic Joneses (Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, 2012;
Broadway, 2014). His play Middletown received the Horton Foote Prize
and Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer
Prize. Mr. Eno lives Brooklyn.
