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Oct 2, 2019 - Oct 13, 2019

12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)

Presented by COFA: Department of Theater and Dance

Description

12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)

By Caridad Svich
Music and lyrics by Caridad Svich; Directed by Jess Shoemaker

Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises up out of the water, dreaming of Pop-Tarts and other sweet things. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called 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.

Praised by the Chicago Stage as a piece “both aesthetically beguiling and emotionally ravaging,” 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs) combines original music with lyrical poetry and colloquial language in an exploration of broken ambition and liberated desire.

Performances:
Oct 2, 3, & 4, 7:30 PM
Oct 5, 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Oct 6, 2:00 PM
Oct 8, 9, 10, & 11, 7:30 PM
Oct 12, 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Oct 13, 2:00 PM

Date and Time

Oct 2, 2019 - Oct 13, 2019

Location

Oscar G. Brockett Theatre 300 E 23rd Street East Austin Texas 78712

https://texasperformingarts.org/visit/venues/oscar-g-brockett-theatre
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