After nearly 65 years, the greatest play ever written finally comes to the CCCT stage for the first time ever in this staggering reimagining.
When Hamlet, son of a murdered king, suspects his uncle’s nefarious plot to take over the throne, he must wrestle his own demons–present and not–to exact his planned revenge.
Told by a small cast in a brutally intimate atmosphere, we are honored to open our 65th season with this masterpiece.
SEPTEMBER 7TH-22ND, 2024
DIRECTED BY JOEL ROSTER
All great stories have two sides.
In an epic untold on the CCCT stage, a small group of actors will present William Shakespeare’s magnum opus Hamlet and Tom Stoppard’s hysterical Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead in true repertory fashion–alternating productions nightly.
Audiences may enjoy either production on its own…but to experience both sides of this coin will be a live theatrical event you’ll remember for the rest of your life.
In this brilliant and hysterical companion to William Shakespeare’s opus, Hamlet’s schoolhood friends are summoned by King Claudius to Elsinore to “glean what afflicts” the sad prince. Constantly confused and utterly bewildered every step of the way, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern stumble their way through someone else’s story…until their own story comes into clear–and terrifying–focus.
From the Tony and Academy Award-winning author of “Shakespeare In Love”, don’t miss the existential comedy that reminds us of just how small we aren’t.