Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth Open Boston Center for the Arts Season

Whistler in the Dark Theatre opens its seventh season by diving into Tom Stoppard's linguistic wizardry with Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth, two short plays divided by a comma but united by common themes.

In the first play, three students are setting up for their production of a fifteen-minute Hamlet to be performed in its original language. The catch? These students speak Dogg - a language comprised of English words but with different meanings. But when an English-speaking deliveryman arrives with their set components, both languages break down and new ways of communication must be devised. Capped off with a hilarious 15-minute Hamlet, this is Stoppard at his word-playing gleeful best.

In the second play, renegade actors stage a secret performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth that becomes a stark and moving metaphor for resistance in a time of censorship.

Joining forces with artistic friends imaginary beasts and their production of Eugene Ionesco's Macbett, Whistler's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth marks the company's third repertory-collaboration. Artistic Director Meg Taintor says, "part of what makes this rep-month exciting is that we are more deeply exploring what it means to be in repertory with another company. Many of our actor's are taking part in both productions. We are also co-hosting a couple of special off-night Monday events which further explode out the two plays being examined in our rep, Hamlet and Macbeth. The month promises to have the lively buzz of festivities all centered around a celebration of Shakespeare."

Come laugh out loud with Whistler in the Dark in their first indisputable comedy since their second season!

Cast: Nate Gundy, Chris Larson, Becca Lewis, Jen O'Connor, Liz Rimar, Aimee Rose Ranger, Scott Sweatt, Michael Underhill, Mac Young
Director: Meg Taintor
Costume Designer: Emily Woods Hogue
Lighting Designer: PJ Strachman
Set Designer: Mac Young
Violence Coordinator: Meron Langsner

WHEN: October 28-November 19, 2011 (running in our month-long repertory with imaginary beasts)

WHERE: Plaza Black Box Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts"*539 Tremont Street* Boston MA

TICKETS: General Admission: $20; Students: $10

BOX OFFICE: Phone: 617-933-8600
Web: www.whistlerinthedark.com/boxoffice.htm

 

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