WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS HAMLET ON OCTOBER 12

Westchester Community College presents Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet performed by the American Shakespeare Center on Sunday, October 12, at 3:00 p.m. in the Academic Arts Theatre on the Valhalla campus of Westchester Community College.

Hamlet is a philosopher’s gold mine (“To be or not to be…”) but it is also a ghost story, a comedy, a thriller, and a tale of revenge. For four hundred years, audiences of all ages and both sexes have identified with this troubled Prince as he copes with the loss of his father, his mother’s remarriage, and life’s biggest questions. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” and Hamlet, who seeks to uncover the source of the stench, struggles to discover what is real and what is illusion in this world turned upside down.

The American Shakespeare Center, through its performances, theatres, exhibitions, and educational programs, brings Shakespeare, the joys of theatre and language, and the communal experience of the Renaissance stage to all. By recreating Renaissance conditions of performance, the ASC explores its repertory of plays for accessibility and a better understanding of these great works. In their hometown of Staunton, Virginia, the ASC has conducted a recreation of Shakespeare’s original indoor theatre, the Blackfriars Playhouse

Tickets for Hamlet are $20 (general admission), $17 (for students/seniors) and $12 (for children under 13). For tickets or information on these performances or the many other exciting cultural events, call 914-606-6262.