FROM DENMARK WITH LOVE to Make World Premiere with Vaquero Playground, 5/10-6/1

Vaquero Playground has announced our May production: the World Premiere of From Denmark With Love by John J King, a mash-up parody of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ian Fleming's Bond...James Bond.

In this laugh- and action-packed romp, Hamlet finds that revenge is a dish best served shaken, not stirred. With help from his girlfriend Ophelia Balzac, and his trusted friend/weapons-master Horatio, Hamlet is hot on the trail of criminal mastermind Claudius Von Bjornborg. But is the Danish throne enough to satisfy the devious Claudius, or will he not stop until he achieves global domination?

Barlow Adamson, fresh off superb acting turns in Chinglish (Lyric Stage Company) and Operation Epsilon (Nora Theatre Company), directs. Daniel Craig Jones, stuck in multiple-personality mode after the Lyric Stage Company hit show Stones in His Pockets, stars as both Hamlet and Claudius. Bridgette Hayes adds a splash of Bond Girl to OPHELIA BALZAC. Janelle Mills (It's a Wonderful Life, Stoneham Theatre) plays the quick-marrying and quicker-tongued GERTRUDE. Bob Mussett (Zombie Double Feature, NXR) re-invents HORATIO Q. MONEYPENNY. Chelsea Schmidt (BlackAdder II: Live!, Theatre on Fire) stays Onnatopp of things as GOLDIE STERN. Brett Milanowski (The Third Story, Titanic Theatre Company) goes brogue as POLONIUS. Terrence Haddad (The Embryos, Fresh Ink Theatre) sinks his teeth into FORTINBRAS, JR.

See the full creative team HERE.

Performances run May 10 - June 1, 2013 at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. Performances play 8pm Thursday - Saturday and 5pm Sundays (excluding Sunday May 26th). Special Wednesday performance at 8pm on May 29th. Tickets: General: $10 Students: $5. Tickets are available for purchase at www.VaqueroPlayground.com or via phone at 866.811.4111. Not appropriate for children under 16. This show runs 90 minutes with no intermission.

Vaquero Playground is a Boston-based Community Theatre in the boldest and most embracing sense of the term. Creating live theatre and events by, for, and of Boston, The Playground strives to involve its community in every aspect of production: Keeping all tickets under $10; By working only with Boston-Based artists, and purchasing only local supplies; By working inclusively with the Boston arts community to enrich and enliven our productions and the community; Dedicated to relying on recycled or repurposed goods for set and costumes, The Playground will not add waste but will instead use the waste of others to make something new, striving to find new homes for supplies at the end of all productions. (Our last full-production, Bear Patrol, saw 85% of our set pulled from waste other companies were throwing out, and recycled or repurposed at the end of our run.)

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