Director Adrienne Major is pleased to announce the cast for Hamlet.

The royal family includes Dennis Molesky as Claudius, Heidi Fagan as Gertrude, Colin Hinckley as Hamlet, and Burt Tepfer as the Ghost.  Polonius and his children will be played by Robert Wellington, Timothy Patterson (Laertes), and Joey Macri (Ophelia).  Hamlet’s good friend Horatio will be portrayed by Jay Gelter, and those crazy kids Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will be played as a dating couple by Katy Kauffman and a-yet-to-be-cast young man.  The cast will be rounded out by Vede Crewe-Jospeh, Greg Phillips, Mike Jerald, Amanda Gelter, Elizabeth McCullom, and Sam Empey as various players.

Performances of Hamlet will be at the Brattleboro Living Memorial Park Rotary Amphitheater June 24-27, 2010, on July 2 & 3 at the Shea Theater in Turner’s Falls, MA, and July 9 & 10 at Patch Park in Charlestown, NH.

The Vermont Theater Company will be holding auditions for Hamlet, (roles available for 6 women and 9 men) on Thursday, January 28 at Brattleboro Union High school auditorium from 7-9 and on Saturday, January 30 at the Brooks Memorial Library Meeting Room from 12:00-3:00.  The production will be directed by Adrienne Major, who plans a graphic-novel approach that takes the play out of time and into the imaginary, the better to explore its pervasive themes of betrayal and loss, privacy and power, reason and action.  Rehearsal times will be based on cast schedules, but conform the following pattern:  February and March bi-weekly table reads and one-on-one character work with the director.  April and May: blocking rehearsals two to three evenings per week.  June and July: polishing and performance.  This season’s production will have a three week performance schedule:  June 24-27 at Living Memorial Park, July 2-3 at Shea Theater in Turner’s Falls and July 9 and 10 at Patch Park in Charlestown, NH.

Actors interested in auditioning should visit the Hamlet page for audition sides.  A prepared Shakespearian monologue is encouraged but not required.   

For more information,  please call Adrienne Major at 802-380-9050 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .