Hamlet Touring Program

Our 2008 auditorium touring show will be Hamlet. For junior high, high school, college and beyond, this is the opportunity to introduce your students to the most popular play ever written through live performance. In approximately 80 minutes,our touring troupe of professional actors brings a dynamic, fully staged production of Hamlet to your school. This production makes Hamlet immediate and accessible by highlighting issues that face today's youth: disenfranchisement, self realization, death of loved ones and the search for independence. Our Hamlet allows the audience to view the play through a vibrant 21st century lens that knocks the cobwebs off this great work, yet does not dumb down or change Shakespeare's language.

Prince Hamlet has returned home from his studies to attend the funeral of his father and finds himself witness to his mother's sudden marriage to his Uncle Claudius, who has become the King of Denmark.Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his dead father, who accuses Claudius of murdering him. With this news, Hamlet is thrown into a whirl wind of confusion while trying to prove that his uncle is indeed a murderer and avenge his father's death.

Introduce your students to the magic of theater and Shakespeare with this fully staged dynamic production. Our talented troupe makes Shakespeare immediate and accessible by highlighting issues that face today's youth: disenfranchisement, self realization, death of loved ones and the search for independence. Our Hamlet allows the audience to view the play through a vibrant 21st century lens. Booking March and April 2008.

Dates are going quickly so call 845-265-7858 or email education@hvshakespeare.org to secure your date and discount today.

Where: in your school's auditorium
Length: Show, 80 minutes; Discussion, 25-30 minutes; Workshop: 45 minutes
Grade Levels: Junior High School - College
When: February 26th through April 25th, 2008
Cost: $1,800 per show, discounts for multiple bookings $350 - $450 for pre- or post-show workshops.
Recommended audience size: 500 or fewer

Bookings include Study Guide and Post-Performance Question & Answer session with the cast. Pre- and/or post-performance workshops for Hamlet are recommended.