Hamlet on the Run!
August 22, 23, 24, 25 at 7:00 PM

Frank Farrell- Producer
Thomas J. Donohoe- Director/Sound Design
Beatriz Estaban- Props/Costumes
Scarlet Barnette- Fight/Intimacy Director
Kate Parker-Lentz- SM/Tech

Mei Melenovsky- Hamlet/Lucianus
Maxwell Bank- Claudius
Sophia Carlin- Gertrude
Bradley Nowacek- Horatio/Ophelia
Clarissa Hernandez- Laertes & Others
David Silberger - Polonius & Others
Michael Katz- Ghost & Others

Frank Farrell Productions presents a one-hour comedic version of William Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark re-titled Hamlet on the Run adapted by Frank Farrell, Mitch Webb and Thomas J. Donohoe II for four performances at 7pm Thursday through Sunday, August 22, 23, 24, 25, 2024 at the Tank Theater, 312 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018 . Tickets are $20 and available at thetanknyc.org. Streaming tickets for August 23 and 24 are $15. Seven actors play twenty-four characters in one hour. It’s the play we all know but shorter. Directed by Thomas J. Donohoe II, Fight/Intimacy Director is Scarlet Yousif, Costumes and Props by Beatriz Esteban-Messina, Sound Design by Thomas J. Donohoe II and the production’s Stage Manager/tech operator is Kate Parker Lentz. The cast includes Mei Melenovsky as Hamlet/Lucianus, Maxwell Bank as Claudius, Sophia Carlin as Gertrude, Bradley Nowacek as Horatio/Ophelia, Clarrissa Hernandez as Laertes/Rosencrantz/Player Queen, David Silberbger as Polonius/Gravedigger/Osric and Michael Katz as Ghost/Guildenstern/Player King and other roles. First produced in 1982 in Chicago by the Free Shakespeare Theatre Company, this play was part of a production called Shakespeare on the Spot. Richard Christiansen from the Chicago Tribune wrote, “Hamlet on the Run, the best of the trio, has some choice comic moments.”

Content Warning: Gun shots.