by William Shakespeare
The Velvet Willies
2005
C.P. as Hamlet
Ran in rotating repertory with All’s Well That Ends Well
[tab:Description]Christopher Prentice, in the title role, has a face and a deft command of classical rhetoric destined for recognition beyond the storefront circuit. Why not see him now instead?
An incisive portrait of a thinking man forced to act under chilling circurmstances.
Following the death of his father, Hamlet, prince of Denmark, returns home to find his uncle now occupies the throne and the queen’s bed. Spurred by the ghost of his father and surrounded by spies, Hamlet must avenge his father’s murder.
[tab:Cast & Creative]Cast
- Christopher Prentice
- Hamlet
- Elizabeth Bagby
- Gertrude
- Christopher Rex Jacobs
- Claudius/Ghost
- Joseph Stearns
- Horatio
- Joseph Patrick Bogs
- Laertes/First Player
- Jessie Anne Fisher
- Ophelia/Second Gravedigger
- Jeff Allen
- Polonius/First Gravedigger
- Roseanne Clark
- Player Queen/Voltemand/Fortinbras
- Brian Kash
- Barnardo/Player/Priest
- Charles Schoenherr
- Rosencrantz
- Andy Todaro
- Marcellus/Reynaldo/Osric
- Charissa Wheeler
- Guildenstern/English Ambassador
Creative
- Jeff Harnish
- Director
- Jennifer D. Edwards
- Costumes
- Raymond Kurut
- Fight Director
“Prentice makes a sturdy titular prince” — Christopher Piatt, Time Out Chicago
“[Prentice’s] command of the text makes for a thoroughly convincing performance in a difficult role.” — Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader
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