Spring 2013

April 18-20; The Student Theater

Summoned back home to attend his father’s brief funeral and celebrate his mother’s new marriage, Hamlet tackles his depression in face of a home stripped of familiarity. Shadows in the halls of Castle Elsinore bring Hamlet before a vision of his own dead father, and he is spurned to avenge him who was unjustly murdered by his brother, Claudius, Hamlet’s now new father-in-law and King. Deeply conflicted and contemplative, Hamlet searches inside his own scholar and soul for the philosophical end to his immoral responsibility to his late father. Amongst all the vile and rank in men, Hamlet takes it upon himself to cleanse the “unweeded garden” of his home, and drives the play to its tragic conclusion. Arguably Shakespeare’s greatest play, Hamlet exposes the torturing insecurities in man, and “to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature,” Shakespeare provokes humanity at its core in our brutal and expressionistic production.

Produced by Hanna Wasserman
Directed by Marcus Doyle and Julie Kaminski
Technically Directed by Katy Meyer

The Cast
Hamlet, Adrian Burke
Claudius, Ryan Chernin
Gertrude, Allie Romano
Polonius, Keaton Goldsmith
Ophelia, Ilana Berman
Laertes, Dan Stevens
Horatio, Eli Brenna
The Shadows
Kaitlin Bresee
A. Harry Gustafson
Emily Prescott
Cameron Barney
Hanna Eichen

Performances will be held in the Student Theater at Agganis Arena on April 18-20 beginning at 8pm. There will be a matinee performance at 2pm on Saturday April 20th.

Directions
On the green line, take the B train to St. Paul Street and cross toward FitRec and Agganis Arena. The student theater is located in the passage between these buildings.

Feel free to direct any questions to stage@bu.edu!