Dear friends, in EXACTLY 2 weeks, our new Dawson Theatre Collective show opens ! Please join us and our cast of 36 in this extraordinary, musical adaptaion of Hamlet ! If terrific theatre isn’t enough for you, then you can also feel good about supporting a worthy cause. Please see below for all the details….
If you liked our 2008 show, Uphill Both Ways, 2009’s Rhinocerous, 2010’s A Midsummer Night’s Kick-Ass Dream, 2011’s Not Julius Caesar, and 2012’s Lysistrata, then you will love:
HAMLETTE: THE MELANCHOLY DAME
This spring, the Dawson Theatre Collective is excited to bring you our very own take on the most famous and enduring tragedy in the English language, with a cast of 37 students!
DanaPharm is the largest manufacturer of erectile dysfunction pills in the world, an empire whose rule over the corporate world remains uncontested. After the untimely death of its leader Hamlet Sr., the company is thrown into turmoil. But after some disturbing information is revealed from a ghostly visitation by the late CEO, the investigation is reopened as his daughter, Hamlette, seeks revenge for his murder most foul. Questions rise ominously out of the dark: who really killed Hamlet, Sr.? What was he trying to hide? Who, if anyone, will be left standing by the end?
A caustic and satirical murder-mystery musical that lampoons everything from corporate business to hipsters to the Occupy movement, Hamlette: The Melancholy Dame is sure to keep you guessing and laughing right to the very end.
Adapted/Created by: Vishesh Abeyratne, Alice Abracen, Adam Caplin, Ann Lambert, Bea Scharf-Pierzchala, Zach Silberberg, Pavlo Tull
Original Music by: Jesse Kirman & Zach Silberberg
Lyrics by: Alice Abracen, Zach Silberberg, Jesse Kirman
Directed by: Ann Lambert & The Dawson Theatre Collective
May 2 and May 4 at 19:30
May 3 at 14:00 and 19:30
$8 for students and seniors, $12 general
… To reserve: hamlette2013@hotmail.com or text (no voicemail, please) 438-838-8518 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 438-838-8518 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting
***Please specify the name under which the tickets are to be reserved, number of tickets, and which show you wish to attend. Reserved tickets will be held up to 15 minutes before the show and then released to the general public, so please be 30 minutes early.***
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CAST 1 / 2
Cast 1: May 2nd @ 19:30, May 3rd @ 19:30
Cast 2: May 3rd @ 14:00, May 4th @ 19:30
HAMLETTE: ARI STERLIN / AMELIA WONG-MERSEREAU
GERTRUDE: ARIELLE SHOLZBERG / ZOË FREEDMAN
HORATIA: ALEX DAHLBERG / ALISA KNEZEVIC
CLAUDIUS: ZYNOR MAJEED
POLONIUS: ZACH SILBERBERG / AARON FELDMAN
LAERTES: MATIAS RITTATORE / PATRICK PARK
OPHELIO: ADAM CAPLIN / OLIVER NACEY
ROSENSTERN: ZOE BUJOLD / HAILEY KRYCHMAN
GUILDENKRATZ: MELISSA AFLALO / KIRA LONDON-NADEAU
DETECTIVE DEAR: ROBYN BARNES / SABRI ROSHDY
DETECTIVE DARLING: MIKO BURCHIANI / JESS MCKNIGHT
FORTINBRAS: DEXTER LAVERY-CALLENDER
YORIK: JESSE STEIN / MONIKA CEFIS
GHOST: OLIVER NACEY/ ADAM CAPLIN
SECURITY GUARDS: CHELSEA CAMERON, ANDREW TETREAULT
CLEANERS: ALECK BLACK, KENNETH HARRIS, ZACHARY MANOCCHI-MASSE, KELLY ASSELIN-TOUSSIGNANT
PROTESTERS: JESSE KIRMAN, ANDREW TETREAULT, URSULA SWIATEK, AMANDA SIEBES, HUGO CHEVARIE
All proceeds from this show will go directly to support the Theresa Foundation, which exists to raise funds for grandmothers and their A.I.D.S.- orphaned grandchildren in over 20 villages in Malawi. We have a very personal connection to the foundation that ensures that the all money will be delivered directly. No donation is too small…or too big!
For much more information, please visit the website: www.theresafoundation.com
