Hedda Gabler, splayed out on the couch with a bullet through her head, wakes from her final scene.

“Did I miss?” she asks. Then, seeing husband Tesman: “Am I in hell?

Well, not quite, but she and many other fictional/historical/mythological characters will flit through Jeff Whitty’s witty “The Further Adventures Of Hedda Gabler” on their way to ... well, I’m getting ahead of myself.

SAN DIEGO -- Diversionary Theatre has just added "Justin Love," a new musical fantasy, to complete its 2013 roster of mainstage productions.

Joining the recently closed West Coast premiere of "Birds of a Feather" and the San Diego premiere of the literary romp, "The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabbler," playing March 28-April 28, will be the West Coast premiere of Charles Busch’s hilarious spoof "The Divine Sister," May 23 - June 30, and the world premiere farce "She-Rantulas From Outer Space," Oct. 24-Nov. 17.

SAN DIEGO -- Diversionary Theatre is preparing to launch OpenMondays, a new monthly series of staged readings of new works. Admission is free.

The debut will be on Monday, March 4, with the staged reading of Anthony Methvin's "Bleed Like Me." Wendy Waddell is directing a cast featuring Bryan Banville, Stewart Calhoun and Jacque Wilke.

SAN DIEGO -- Diversionary Theatre announced complete casting for its production of "Birds Of A Feather," an LGBT comedy about family by Marc Acito and directed by James Vásquez. Performances begin Jan. 31.

The cast includes Steve Gunderson as Roy/Pale Male, Kevin Koppman-Gue as Birdwatcher, Mike Sears as Silo/Lola and Rachael VanWormer as Zookeeper.

"Birds Of A Feather" is a smart and surprisingly human comedy about two bird families – a pair of male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who hatch and adopt a chick and two hawks living and raising their own brood on a Central Park rooftop.