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I Hate Hamlet

By Paul Rudnick

Directed by Courtney Woolard

April 1st - April 17th, 2022

A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment.

With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there’s one problem: He hates Hamlet.

His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore’s ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his. The contrast between the two actors, the towering, dissipated Barrymore whose Hamlet was the greatest of his time, and Andrew Rally, hot young television star, leads to a wildly funny duel over women, art, success, duty, television, and yes, the apartment.

Cast

  • Caleb Brunham as Andrew Rally
  • Caroline Whitaker as Felicia Dantine
  • Angel Orenstein as Deirdre McDavey
  • Eileen Conway as Lillian Troy
  • Phil Brady as John Barrymore
  • Tristan Brown as Gary Peter Lefkowitz