The Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival is currently at work preparing to perform William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, starting on Friday at the Marquette Regional History Center.
The play is set to be a collaborative fundraiser for both the Marquette Regional History Center and UPShakes, and will take place thrust-style in the rotunda of the History Center with audiences on risers- stadium seating- looking down upon the action in true Globe Theatre fashion.
“It’ll be a really unique experience,” says Jamie Weeder, the festival’s Artistic Director, “a complete transformation of the History Center’s space into Marquette’s very own Globe Theatre- complete with designated seating for ‘groundlings’, comfortable risers your more bourgeoisie and of course the pigeon roost.”
This production will not only feature beloved local professionals, but also classically trained actors brought into the U.P from around the country to perform in the Bard’s arguably most esteemed play.
“The talent we have in this town is incredible, we have an amazing company of actors- some of which have been with us since the very beginning. We’ve also grown so much as artists; we’ve become very well-connected. We have developed a very deep bench.”
“The Play’s the Thing” fundraiser, encompassing political intrigue and sexual obsession, philosophical reflection and violent action, tragic depth and wild humor, Hamlet is Shakespeare’s ‘poem unlimited’, a colossus in the story of the English language and the fullest expression of his genius.
Set to be a collaborative fundraiser for both the Marquette Regional History Center and Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival, Hamlet will take place thrust-style in the rotunda of the History Center with audiences on risers, or looking down upon the action in true Globe Theatre fashion.
This production will not only feature beloved local professionals, but also classically trained actors brought into the U.P. from around the country to perform in the Bard’s arguably most esteemed play. August 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 at 7: 30 pm in the Marquette Regional History Center.
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