Meet Hansel Schmidt-“some slip of a girly boy”-from Germany, who survives a botched sex change, and emerges in America to become an “internationally ignored song-stylist”, the larger-than-life Hedwig.
Part Plato’s Symposium and part rock-’n-roll, Hedwig unfolds in pun and song through a wildly imaginative creation reminiscent of Velvet Goldmine. The play is full of spectacular songs ranging from gut-wrenching punk anthems and glam-rock tunes to poignant ballads, as well as side-splitting humor.

Inspired by Plato’s Symposium, which describes Zeus’ plan to split humans in half so they would not be a threat to the gods, writer John Cameron Mitchell and musician/lyricist Stephen Trask created Hedwig, a man forever in search of her other half.

After a flood of awards and international recognition (Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, A Grammy nomination, and 3 Drama Desk nominations, Best Direction and Dramatic Award at the Sundance Film Festival), the Hippodrome State Theatre is thrilled to invite you on a virtual rock odyssey.