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ARCHIVE: SEASON 19 | March 2007

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Hamlet
interpretation by Jennifer Ross Nostrala | Presented by the VORTEX

Winner of B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama: Michelle Flanagan as Ophelia; Nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design

Carnal, bloody and unnatural acts. Hamlet provides an intense exploration of what it means to be human. It is a tale that takes us into the depths of a disturbing, corrupt and damaged world. A world of spies and manipulations, where truth is hidden in the shadows. The youth of the world are left searching for meaning in an abandoned and desolate landscape. Who can be trusted? Is there hope when the world seems so dark?

Photo by Kimberley Mead

Performed by an ensemble of 8 actors, featuring:

Zach Pettichord as HAMLET, Michelle Flanagan as OPHELIA, Mick D’arcy as CLAUDIUS, Lorella Loftus as GERTRUDE, Michele Goodson-Burnett as POLONIUS/DOCTOR OF DIVINITY, Wade Williams as LAERTES/ROZENCRANTZ, Evelyn LaLonde as GUILDENSTERN/MARCELLUS, Marc Frost as HORATIO.

Hamlet designers includes:

Scenic Design by Ann Marie Gordon, Lighting Design by Jason Amato, Costume Design by Talena Martinez , Fight Choreography by Eric Schimel, Production Photos by Kimberley Mead.

The VORTEX Repertory Company presents Hamlet, Shakespeare’s great play in a tight and clever cutting by guest artist Jennifer Ross Nostrala. Professor Nostrala heads the Division of Visual and Performing Arts at Iowa’s Simpson College and returns to Austin, where she received her M.F.A. in Directing at The University of Texas in 1988.

VORTEX Repertory Company is funded in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.