JACKSON, Tenn. — Nov. 7, 2017 — The 51社区 Players will present 鈥淩osencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,鈥� a play based on Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淗amlet,鈥� Nov. 9-14 in the W.D. Powell Theatre on the Union campus.
鈥淭he minor characters of Hamlet become the major characters of this play,鈥� said David Burke, professor of theater at Union who will direct the production. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an existential play, and it鈥檚 a dark comedy that鈥檚 about death.鈥�
Written by Tom Stoppard, the play opened in New York in 1967.
鈥淭he play raises a lot more questions than it does answers, which in some ways is good for us,鈥� Burke said. 鈥淭hen you can go and kind of contemplate the answers.鈥�
Cast members include Jake Beals as Rosencrantz and Samuel Edgren as Guildenstern, in addition to Mary Grace Slonecker, Rebecca Duttweiler, Sullivan Hogan, Anna Hughes, Susannah Murphine, Joey Echeverria, Jeb Cox, Ian Malone, Cayley Cantwell, James Martin, Hannah Brandt, Grant Weingart and Abigail Jameson.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. each night, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Nov. 12 and an additional late-night performance at 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. A discussion will take place after each performance.
General admission tickets are $7 in advance or $9 at the door, with discounted tickets for Union students, faculty and staff. Tickets are available for online purchase at .