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2nd Off-Season Show
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
“To be or not to be, that is the question…”
Directed by Vanessa Keyser
So begins the most famous speech in Hamlet, Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece—the story of a young prince who struggles to avenge the murder of his father, betrayal by his mother, the suicide of his girlfriend, and his own seeming madness. Ambition, revenge, loyalty, and passion mix together with unforeseen consequences and deadly results.
Considered to be one of the greatest plays in all dramatic literature, Hamlet explores questions of identity, consciousness, duty, and honor that are just as thorny today as they were four centuries ago.
at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater
Feb 17 at 7pm
Feb 18 at 3 pm and 7pm
Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe
“ Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed in one place. Where we are
is hell.”
- Mephistopheles
directed by Joseph Martinez III
Faustus, a vain mortal, trades his immortal soul to the princes of Hell if Mephistopheles will be his servant for 24 years. Although Faustus has access to the answers of the questions about the universe, he spends his time having his basic desires fulfilled. On the surface, Marlowe’s tragedy can be viewed as a morality play, that the “reward of sin is death.” A bit deeper, though, we see a man who is punished for exercising his free will to know what more there is to life. The question for the audience is whether they side with Heaven’s judgment or if they would seize the opportunity by spending their time more wisely.
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
November
4, 5 at 7pm
November 6 at 2 pm
at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater