I Hate Hamlet - Extending through Sunday June 1st!

Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. There are, however, a couple of glitches in paradise. Andrew’s series has been canceled; his girlfriend is clinging to her virginity with unyielding conviction; and he has no desire to play Hamlet. When Andrew’s agent visits him, she reminices about her brief romance with John Barrymore many years ago, in Andrew’s apartment. This prompts a seance to summon his ghost. From the moment Barrymore returns, dressid in high Shakespearan garb, Andrew’s life is no longer his own. Barrymore, fortified by champagne and ego, presses Andrew to accept the part and fulfill his actor’s destiny. The action becomes more hilarious with the entrance of Andrew’s deal-making friend from LA, spouting the laid-back hype of the Coast and offering Andrew a fabulous new TV deal worth millions of dollars. The laughs are nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, Barrymore, his sword, and the fact that he fails as Hamlet in Central Park.

“…unapologetically silly and at times hilarious… affectionately amusing about the theatre…”

-The New York Times

“… fast-mouthed and funny…It has the old-fashioned Broadway virtues of brightness without pretensions and sentimentality without morals.”

-The Village Voice

Opens May 15-June 1, 2008
Thursday-Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday Matinee at 4pm
Genearl Admission $20
Students $18

Group rates available
Mammoth Lakes Arts Center
549 Old Mammoth Rd.

Call 760-934-1900 for reservations.

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.