How does a woman survive the court of Denmark? A Room in the Castle finds Ophelia, her handmaid, and her Queen Gertrude on the other end of a wild prince’s antics and realizing just how dangerous life in this castle has become. As Ophelia withstands Hamlet’s assaults and insults, Gertrude comes to see how far gone her son truly is. What is she willing to risk to save Ophelia and herself if it means turning against her problematic child? A meditation on women helping women, what mothering a potential madman means, and what responsibility generations of feminists have to one another, A Room in the Castle rebrands the stories of the women of Shakespeare’s Hamlet into a drama with music and defiant hope for the future.
Folger Theatre is at 201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC.
Metamorphoses (5/7/24-5/26/24)
Where We Belong (2/15/24-3/17/24)
The Merry Wives of Windsor: College Night (1/17/20-1/17/20)
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Amadeus (11/5/19-12/22/19)
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Henry IV, Part 1 (9/3/19-10/13/19)
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Love's Labor's Lost (4/30/19-6/9/19)
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Hylton Performing Arts Center (11/9 - 11/9) | ||
Prayer for the French Republic
Theater J (10/30 - 11/24) | ||
PARADE
Opera House at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (8/19 - 9/7) | ||
Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play
ARTfactory Wind River Theater (11/29 - 12/8) | ||
Enchantment Theatre Company: My Father’s Dragon
Hylton Performing Arts Center (11/23 - 11/23) | ||
The Peking Acrobats
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/9 - 3/9) | ||
Atlas Presents Happy Theatre: Alphabetissimo
Atlas Performing Arts Center (12/7 - 12/7) | ||
The Woman in Black
The Keegan Theatre (10/12 - 11/17) | ||
Fun Home
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