I Hate Hamlet – Weathervane Playhouse

A Play by Paul Rudnick

Theatre is…laughter! As its title suggests, Paul Rudnick’s 1991 play I Hate Hamlet deals with the question of just how relevant William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is for modern audiences. The play centers around a young actor who has just earned fame and fortune on a television show about doctors and is apprehensive about returning to New York to play Hamlet in the prestigious Shakespeare in Central Park festival. To add to his insecurities, his realtor has rented him an apartment once inhabited by John Barrymore, who many consider to have given one of the greatest performances of Hamlet in the twentieth century. A séance brings the ghost of John Barrymore back to the apartment where he once lived. Barrymore offers guidance to the young actor, who has to decide between the easy money that he could make with a new television series and the confidence to be gained by facing the world’s most difficult acting challenge. Rudnick fills the play with laughs, as he lightly satirizes greedy realtors, vacuous Hollywood producers, pretentious but well-meaning actresses, and hard-drinking, womanizing actors.

Weathervane Rating: PG-13

Please be advised: This production utilizes HAZE and STROBE effects.

Director: Kevin Connell
Scenic Designer: Matthew Hamel
Lighting Designer: Dylan Bollinger
Sound Designer: Richard Sprecker
Costume Designer: Ivy Swinski
Production Stage Manager: Emily Burger
Properties Master: Suzanne Spooner-Faulk

I Hate Hamlet Sketch Scenic Design by Matthew Hamel

Cast

Felicia Dantine: Megan Burger (Ward)
Andrew Rally: Jack Baylis
Deirdre McDavey: Courtney Silber
Lillian Troy: Linda Kinnison Roth
John Barrymore: William Joseph Bureau
Gary Peter Lefkowitz: Brian Lundy

2018 Performance Dates and Times:

Please note that all evening performances will begin at 7:30pm.

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Thursday, June 21st at 7:30pm
Friday, June 22nd at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 23rd at 2pm
Saturday, June 23rd at 7:30pm
Wednesday, June 27th at 7:30pm
Thursday, June 28th at 7:30pm
Friday, June 29th at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 30th at 7:30pm

Ticket Prices*:

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$37 Adults, $35 Seniors (60 and over), $26 Students with ID, $15 Children (12 and younger)

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I Hate Hamlet is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

A Play by Paul Rudnick

Sponsored by Park National Bank

Cast

2018 Performance Dates and Times:

Ticket Prices*: