Mike Ricci's Production of
I Hate Hamlet
Cast
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Andrew Rally
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Lyric Rosatti
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Felicia Dantine
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Louisa Guggisberg
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Dierdre McDavey
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Tess Enroth
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Lillian Troy
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Mandy Traaseth
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John Barrymore
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Joe Galatz
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Derrick Lamont Jamison
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Kevin Thompson
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Crew
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Stage Manager
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Amy Pohl
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Technical Director/Lighting Design
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Dan Dolinar
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Production Manager/Sound Design
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Mike Ricci
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Set Design/Scenic Artist/Set Decoration
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Ellie Ricci
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Fight Choregraphy
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Michael Anderson: S.A.F.D
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Costumes
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Aristea Papaioannou, Amy Pohl, Dorothy Simkins, Jane Wirkula,
Mike Ricci |
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Props
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Gretchen Mayer, Mike Ricci
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Set Construction
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Dan Dolinar, Mike Ricci, James Curtis, Bill Lah
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Hair
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Jessi Plombon
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Backstage Crew
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Jamee Varda
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SFX Show Control Operator
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Bill Lah
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Box Office
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Barb Suech
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Billboard Artwork/
Poster Design
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Ellie Ricci
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Director Notes
Today's world offers us a vast array of entertainment options - whether it be video games, surfing the net, listening to our I-Pods, the radio or CD's, watching television, or going to see a film, a live concert or sporting event. Somehow, going to see live theatre - a play performed on stage, would usually be the last option, if it is one at all. And yet, we are indebted to the live theatre for all that it has inspired. In many ways, Paul Rudnick's play "I Hate Hamlet" pays homage to the live theatre, and all of the magic of live performance. Pitting the lure of fast money made on film and TV deals in LA against the possible, but by no means certain, glories of the New York theatre world, this play speaks on how we have changed as a society. While it does poke fun at some of our shortcomings, it is, all its core, a light-hearted romp through actor Andre Rally's attempt to get control of his own life, and to rein in the forces that are pulling him in different directions. Of course, when those forces are changes they bring. It is this dilemma that drives the play, and which gives it much of its humor. In the end, he (and perhaps even we) are left with a decision to make, and how we respond says much about the kind of person we are, or wish to become.
Play Photos
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