Hamlet (2017)
Aug 2-13, 2017

Hamlet (2017)

This above all: To thine own self be true.

Shakespeare’s gripping masterpiece, often considered the greatest play in the English language, returns for CSF’s 60th season. Hamlet’s world is ripped apart after one parent’s untimely death and the other’s hasty remarriage, and the young prince’s heart and mind wrestle for control in a tormented quest to uncover the truth. Staged for the first time inside the intimate University Theatre, this is Hamlet as you’ve never seen it before.

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This production is sold out, please contact the box office for waitlist information at 303-492-8008.

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...[T]here are many productions of “Hamlet” planned around the country, but in Colorado they’ll shake things up by casting a woman.

Steven McElroy, The New York Times

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If you’ve never enjoyed Shakespeare under the stars at the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre in Boulder, this is a historic anniversary season in which to do so.

Joanne Ostrow, The Denver Post

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All of Hamlet's finest gut-wrenching and soul-searching moments find ample gravity in [Lenne] Klingamann's performance.

A.H. Goldstein, Boulder Daily Camera

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Klingaman and O’Hara are fantastic together. The raw yet complex emotions are written clearly on each woman’s face.

Ginny Quaney, PlayShakespeare.com

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A woman playing Hamlet isn't that unusual. A woman playing Hamlet as a woman is much more rare.

Erik Pipenburg, The New York Times

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I hope young girls see me sword fight, spit, kick things, love, swear, cry, and shout, and want to do all of that, too. 

Lenne Klingaman

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If the bittersweet prince is famous for his melancholy and indecision, Klingaman’s performance can’t be accused of either.  Will her vigorous, supple performance silence every naysayer or purist? Of course not. But her phrasing delivery is beautifully nimble, the better to hear the play’s promiscuously sampled phrases in bloody, royal context.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

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Where many actors fall into the traps of playing Hamlet far too over-the-top or like a naval-gazing introvert, Klingaman charts her own, steady course between those undesirable extremes. Her performance deepens and broadens as the play progresses until, at the end, she is as riveting and compelling a Hamlet as I have seen.

Gary Zeidner, Boulder Weekly

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Lenne Klingaman as Hamlet has the same passion, the same anger, the same devious schemes, the same mood swings, and the same skill with the sword as any male Hamlet I’ve seen. Nonissue.

Beki Pineda, Boulder Magazine

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Klingaman’s Hamlet was feisty, intelligent—think Anne Shirley in a snow-covered forest.

Nicole Serratore, American Theatre Magazine

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For centuries, women have been going through the same juggernaut of earth-shattering experiences Hamlet went through. Audiences just have not been allowed to see that play out on a stage until now.

John Moore, Denver Center for the Performing Arts

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This summer’s indoor productions are packed to the gills with beloved Colorado actors and out-of-town heavyweights.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival

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The Colorado Shakespeare Festival will return to its roots for its 2017 season, revisiting shows originally featured in its first formal season in 1958.

A.H. Goldstein, Boulder Daily Camera

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Director

Director

Carolyn Howarthº

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Cast

Rodney Lizcano*

Polonius/Gravedigger

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Sam Gregory*

Ghost/Player

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Blake Williams

Marcellus; A player; Ambassador

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Gary Alan Wright*

King Claudius

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Artistic Team

Dramaturg

Hadley Kamminga-Peck

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Scenic Designer and Lighting Designer

Stephen C. Jones^

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Costume Designer

Hugh Hanson

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Assistant Scenic and Lighting Designer

Whitney Brady

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Stage Manager

Paul Behrhorst*

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Assistant Stage Manager

Darion Ramos*

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