
Kill Hamlet

Photos by Annie Wang

Photos by Annie Wang

Photos by Annie Wang

Photos by Annie Wang
Kill Hamlet
(interdisciplinary full-length play)
A mid-career playwright named Alexandra comes face to face with her creation, a young heroine named Ophelia, who has been tasked with killing her former lover, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Alexandra switches places with Ophelia and is forced into a world in which she seemingly has no control and mad hijinks ensue. Kill Hamlet is an existential, meta-theatrical Shakespearean fantasia that starts as a playful romp, but turns into a frank exploration of grief and guilt.
Writer & Director: Nako Adodoadji
Music Director: Michael LoCicero
Choreography: Ann Cooley
Sets: Anna Driftmier
Costumes: Sam Guglielmo
Lights & Projections: Andrew Garvis
Consulting Director: Carl Hancock Rux
Mentored by: Heidi Schreck
Music from the Show
Composer: Michael LoCicero
Composition & Cello: Scott McCreary
Vocals on Alex & Ophelia's Song: Jillian Geurts & Joanna Whicker
Vocals on Women in Black B Section: Anrinya Banerjee, Jillian Geurts, Larissa Marten & Joanna Whicker
Development History:
New Plays Festival – Signature Theatre, NY (2018)
Staged Reading with direction by Nako Adodoadji – Columbia University NY (2017)