The Acting Company Brings HAMLET to Harris Center Tonight

"To be, or not to be - that is the question" addressed by the Tony Award-winning Acting Company as they bring their newest production, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, to the Harris Center/Three Stages. According to the New York Times "The Acting Company endures as the major touring classical theater in the United States." This will be the first production of Hamlet in The Acting Company's 41-year history.

The Acting Company: Hamlet will be performed tonight, October 16, 2013; 7 pm. Tickets are priced at $21-$34; Premium $45; Students with ID $12. Tickets are available online at www.harriscenter.net or from Harris Center Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday throughSaturday, and two hours before show time. Parking is included in the price of the ticket. Harris Center is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, CA, facing East Bidwell Street.

Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts for his father's murder, setting him on a journey seeking his personal mortality. It vividly portrays overwhelming grief and rage while exploring themes of danger, revenge and moral corruption.

Hamlet is among Shakespeare's most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranking among his most performed. Exact dates are unknown, but scholars agree that Shakespeare published Hamlet between 1601 and 1603. Many believe that Hamlet is the best of Shakespeare's work, and the perfect play, certainly one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays.

Ian Belknap, The Acting Company's Artistic Director, brings this masterpiece to life having previously directed The Acting Company's The Comedy of Errors and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. He served as assistant to Doug Hughes on the Company's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, selected as the 4th Best Play of the year by TIME Magazine.

Founded by John Houseman and Margot Harley in 1972, The Acting Company has garnered critical acclaim on a national scale through 138 productions and 40 seasons of classic, contemporary, and new plays. Recipient of a TONY Award for Excellence in Theater, the Company has won numerous awards for performance and education including Obies, Audelcos and the Los Angeles Critics Circle Award. Many of their alumni have achieved great success in the Broadway theater scene. Kevin Kline, Rainn Wilson, Patti LuPone, Cristin Milioti, Frances Conroy, Jeffrey Wright, Harriet Harris, David Ogden Stiers, Keith David, Hamish Linklater and Jesse L. Martinare are but a handful of performers who began their careers on tour with The Acting Company. SAME THREE STAGES, BRAND NEW NAME!

Originally named Three Stages at Folsom Lake College in 2011, the facility has been renamed to honor Brice Harris, Chancellor Emeritus of the Los Rios Community College District, for his many contributions to the capital region, including the vision and leadership he provided in opening this regional arts center. Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College presents touring artists from around the world; partners with the best regional arts organizations, and supports productions by FLC students and faculty.

The Harris Center is a $50 million facility built with a combination of state, regional, local and private funds. Harris Center has three intimate theaters, an art gallery, a recording studio, elegant teaching spaces, plenty of safe parking and all the other amenities of a state-of-the-art performing arts venue.

The Acting Company: Hamlet is set for Wednesday, October 16, 2013; 7 pm at Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College, 10 College Parkway, Folsom, CA 95630. Ticket Price: Tickets are $21-$34; Premium $45; Students with ID $12. Tickets: www.HarrisCenter.net. Tickets are available online at www.HarrisCenter.net or from Harris Center Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday throughSaturday, and two hours before show time.

The performance is presented as part of the 2013 Sacramento World Music and Dance Festival. For more information on the festival, visit www.sacworldfest.org.

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