X*ACT Hosts “I Hate Hamlet” A Comedy Directed by Al Yarcho
Enter "Winter" in the discount code and get $3 off our regular price ticket. NOT AVAILABLE on Member discounted tickets.
A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there's one problem: He hates Hamlet. His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore's ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his. The contrast between the two actors, the towering, dissipated Barrymore whose Hamlet was the greatest of his time, and Andrew Rally, hot young television star, leads to a wildly funny duel over women, art, success, duty, television, and yes, the apartment. "…fast-mouthed and funny…It has the old-fashioned Broadway virtues of brightness without pretensions and sentimentality without morals." —Village Voice. "…unapologetically silly and at times hilarious…affectionately amusing about the theatre…" —NY Times.
Tickets are $17 at the door; $14.30 for X*ACT Members. Seniors and Students are $14 or $12.60 for Members. All tickets for the Opening Night GALA on January 30 are $20. Sellout crowds are expected, so make your ticket reservations now, as seating is limited.
For more information and reservations contact X*ACT at 937.372.0516 or on-line on Facebook and our website www.XeniaAct.org "I Hate Hamlet" will be produced through special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service and is sponsored by Greene Memorial Hospital and Caesar Creek Vineyards.
