Socratic Theatre Collective presents
HAMLET
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Liz Bragg
Socratic Theatre Collective is proud to present its inaugural production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. This gender‐bending production features a complete reversal of the original characters: all the originally male roles are now women, while the originally female roles are men. In exploring this concept, director Liz Bragg (founder and Artistic Director of Socratic Theatre Collective) is attempting to look at Hamlet in a different way. Her production asks the questions “What are the assumptions we have made about these characters? What changes when the genders change, and what stays the same?” Performing in the beautiful Hungarian Reformed Evangelical Church, the production creates a contemporary, yet timeless setting that brings the actors’ performances to the forefront. Bragg says, “Despite the gender reversal, we have tried to be very faithful to the text. Whether Hamlet is a man or a woman, the central themes remain the same. For us, this is a play about the moment between adolescence and adulthood, when taking responsibility seems like the most terrifying thing in the world.”
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