If Shakespeare’s tragic Hamlet and Beckett’s absurd Waiting For Godot had a love child, it would be Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Theatre finally returns to the Eastman Studio Theatre for the first time in three years and before the pandemic with Tom Stoppard’s dark and quirky comedy that retells Shakespeare's Hamlet entirely from the perspectives of the avenging prince’s doomed college buddies, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters who are often depicted as disposable, interchangeable, and unimportant.
They are summoned by the Danish king to the castle of Elsinore to decipher and report on Hamlet's sudden descent into madness.
If only it were that simple.
Gallaudet’s unique staging applies a long unconsidered Deaf lens to a modern classic, in which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern become the faces of the conventional Deaf experience within inaccessible mainstream societies and worlds shaped by the supremacy of hearing and speech, encapsulated by the Hamlet universe at Elsinore.
In this case, Deaf people are always the last to know about what's going on…right?
This production is directed with set design by Theatre and Dance program director Ethan Sinnott, with Neil Sprouse ('13) as assistant director, lighting design by Theatre Arts professor Annie Wiegand assisted by Norah Matthews ('11), costume design by Nikolya Sereda ('19), sound design by Justin Schmitz, projection design by Kylos Brannon, and technical direction by Keith Saine.
PERFORMANCES:
April 13 - 8:00 pm and April 14 - 8:00 pm (Invited Dress Rehearsal)
April 15 - 8:00 pm and April 16 - 2:00 pm (Preview)
April 20 - 8:00 pm (Opening Night)
April 21- 8:00 pm
April 22 - 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm.
PERFORMANCE LOCATION:
Gilbert C. Eastman Studio Theatre located in Elstad Annex 131, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Metro – RED line – NoMa-Gallaudet]. Free, on-campus parking is available.
NOTE: captions will be integrated into the set design - NO spoken English accompaniment.
This production runs approximately two and a half hours (2.5 hours) including one (1) intermission.
Appropriate for patrons 12 years old and up (children who are 5 years old or younger will not be permitted in the theatre).
Seating is limited to 70 seats per show. There will be one (1) late seating break 15 minutes after the show starts.
TICKETS for April 15 - 8:00 pm and April 16 - 2:00 pm
FREE e-tickets are required for EVERYONE - Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni, Senior Citizens, and Guests. Appropriate for patrons 12 years old and up (children 5 years old or younger will not be permitted in the theatre).
Seating is limited - only 75 seats per performance, no standing room.
NO box office hours and NO tickets at the door.
Tickets 24/7 at: http://gallaudet.ticketleap.com
TICKETS for April 20 - 8:00 pm, April 21 - 8:00 pm, April 22 - 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm (gallaudet.ticketleap.com)
Adults (including Gallaudet faculty/staff/alumni and senior citizens) - $15 online (with a credit card), $20 at the Box Office Window (CASH ONLY; no credit cards) gallaudet.ticketleap.com
FULL-TIME Gallaudet Students - who have paid the spring 2023 semester unit fee receive one (1) free ticket with their ID. This ticket must be picked up in the Theatre and Dance Program main office located in Elstad Annex 120. DO NOT buy a Gallaudet student ticket using the online credit card system (TICKETLEAP) unless you are sure that you do not qualify for the one (1) free ticket with ID.
PART-TIME Gallaudet Students (i.e., students taking ASL or PST classes; or students who have not paid the spring 2023 semester unit fee), Non-Gallaudet Students (students attending any other school), and full-time Gallaudet students who have paid the spring 2023 semester unit fee and already received their "one free ticket with ID" but want to see the show a second time - $10 online (with a credit card - use the Non-Gallaudet Student category), $15 at the Box Office Window (CASH ONLY; no credit cards) gallaudet.ticketleap.com
GROUPS of 10 people or more - send a message through TICKETLEAP or email [email protected]
The online credit card system is available 24/7 (gallaudet.ticketleap.com). The Box Office Window (CASH ONLY; no credit cards) will be open one (1) hour before the start of each performance.
The online credit card system (TICKETLEAP) stops processing credit card transactions two (2) hours before the start of the event. Once credit card transactions stop, ticket purchases must be made at the Box Office Window with CASH - no credit cards.
ALL ticket sales are final - there are no refunds and no exchanges (regardless of how you acquired your ticket). Please arrive early to facilitate parking and to select your seat.
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