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Hamlet, Redux Friday, September 25, 2009
Whether you’re a theatre aficionado, a Shakespeare enthusiast, or just someone who enjoys a great story, you’ll want to make some time in your weekend schedule for Garry Posey’s revisioning of Hamlet at the Ensemble Theatre. The play, which opened two weeks ago, accentuates the young prince’s indecision and self-conflict by casting six actors — Julie Van Valkenburg, Jonathan Nichols, Joey Tipton and newcomers David Seeber, Tenika Dye and Ryan Laskowski — to simultaneously portray him.
The Ensemble Theatre itself is a rather magical and dramatic place in its own right, housed in one of many cubbyholes in the labyrinthine St. Andrews Center. Posey, a SpringBoard grad, and his team of actors and crew remodeled the quarter-round room themselves to create a not just functional, but downright remarkable space that’s used by both his theatre company as well as the La Paz community center.
This weekend is the show’s last, but luckily you’ll have three chances to see the Ensemble’s unique version of Hamlet before its gone forever — with an evening show tonight at 7:30, as well as 3 pm matinees tomorrow and Sunday.
For more information about the event, visit www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com.
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