Fortinbras

Lee Blessing's Fortinbras promises an entertaining journey into a meta physical farce. This comic masterpiece picks up where Hamlet left off with political satire as relevant today as Hamlet was when it was written. Chosen by Time magazine as one of the year's ten best plays for 1991, calling it "Lee Blessing's splendid musing on the most influential play in the English language..." "This comedy serves up a yuppie, postmodern Fortinbras, a bewildered Horatio, a blossoming Osric and lots of tasty ghosts." LA Times. "...only Blessing would possess the nerve and the talent to undertake such a task...Where we suffered and wailed at the consequences of Shakespeare's tragedy, we can laugh along with Blessing at what follows in its wake...Shakespeare himself would have loved it." Drama-Logue.


Show dates were Feb 11,12,18,19 at 8PM and Feb 13 & 20 at 2PM

Produced by Mike Manolakes and Lisa Obara

Assistant Directed by Liz Winters

Directed by Rae Williams

Cast:

Rae Williams
 Director
Liz Winters
 Assistant Director
Mike Manolakes
 Producer
Lisa Obara
 Producer
Mike Norkis
 Hamlet
Ryan Ruffatti
 Osric
Mike Manolakes
 Horatio
Leon Briick
 English Ambassador
Pat Green
 Fortinbras
Tom Csepregi
 Captain of Norwegian Army
Leon Briick Marcellus
Eric
 Barnardo
Rebecca Reyes
 Polish Maiden #1
Tina Matriciano
 Polish Maiden #2
Robert D Fox
 Polonius
Heather Hummel
 Ophelia
Tony Shannon
 Claudius
Arpil Esposito
 Gertrude
Josh Lozano
 Laertes
Joe Boron Video Technician

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