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In this play with broken songs, Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises out of the water dreaming of reclaiming her life. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is a Rude Boy and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself.
All roles are open casting though it is preferred if Ophelia, Gertrude, and Mina are cast with women.
OPHELIA — cracked angel for a new-fangled age
RUDE BOY — (Hamlet) Ophelia’s undisguised lover in tatters
R — (Rosencrantz) from this time and another, guardian of memory, androgynous
G — (Guildenstern) mate to R, guardian of memory, androgynous
H — (Horatio), best friend and confidante of Rude Boy
GERTRUDE — a monied madam with a pure voice
MINA — works for Gertrude, a local whore, of this world
CHORUS OF OPHELIAS — five apparitions, voices buried underwater, the chorus of Ophelia’s dreams
Water. Road. Time.
Here. In the now of memory.
The chorus may be live or heard/seen as pre-recorded voices.
The required sheet music is provided digitally with all licenses to perform 12 Ophelias.
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