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Hamlet’s Shorts

THE PLAYS

Why I Won’t Play Hamlet Ever Again
Written by Sandeep Bhatnagar
Adapted by Tasneem Paghdiwala and Missie Tidwell

The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet
by Tom Stoppard

Ophelia
Music by Tori Amos
Choreographed by Molly Mulflur

Ophelia in the Garden
by Carmelo Militano

Hamlet: As Told on the Street
by Shel Silverstein

Horatio’s Philosophy
by R.S. Gwynn

CASTS

Why I Won’t Play Hamlet Ever Again
Anonymous Narrator: Missie Tidwell

The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet
Shakespeare/Claudius/Polonius: Lilah Rahn-Lee
Fransisco/Osric/Fortinbras/Gravedigger/Ghost/Horatio: Kelly Brennan
Marcellus/Bernardo/Laertes/Horatio: Amna Shamin
Gertrude: Katie Rutledge
Hamlet: Elizabeth Hanson
Ophelia: Susan Willis

Ophelia
Dancers: Stephanie Speicher, Katie Kemezis

Ophelia in the Garden
Anonymous Narrator: Lilah Rahn-Lee

Hamlet: As Told on the Street
Narrator One: Lilah Rahn-Lee
Narrator Two: Jessie Payson
Ghost/Laertes: Aliza Greenburg
Hamlet: Elizabeth Hanson
Polonius/Horatio: Christiane Merrit
Ophelia: Susan Willis
Claudius: Julia Niedzwiecki
Gertrude: Katie Rutledge

Horatio’s Philosophy
Anonymous Narrator: voice of Missie Tidwell

PRODUCTION

Director: Missie Tidwell
Assistant Director: Chelsea Phillips

So many thanks to be given. Especially thanks to Diane Gibfried for all her work in t-shirt design and cookie making!! Also thanks to the audience for continuously supporting our small, but worthy, troupe!!