12 OPHELIAS

CategoryPlay
AgegroupAdults
Cast10 total
Comment(6-12 Actors) All roles are open casting though it is preferred if Ophelia, Gertrude, and Mina are cast with women.
Variable cast sizeNo
LanguagesEnglish

In this play with broken songs, Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises out of the water dreaming of reclaiming her life. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is a Rude Boy and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself.