Photo Flash: First Look at Tom Stoppard's ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Metropolis

Metropolis continues its 2016-2017 Season with Tom Stoppard's comedy Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead now through March 18, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Academy and Tony Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard's most-beloved stage work, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a comical absurdist delight, acclaimed as a modern masterpiece. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, become the stars in this inventive tale. The two are tasked with a strange mission: discovering their friend Hamlet's vengeful intentions. Then charged with escorting the future Danish king to England they become caught in a strange scheme far beyond their own making. Comic moments unfold into surreal antics as they come to face the very nature of reality.

Director Josh Sobel is working with an extraordinarily talented cast, including local cast members Douglas Bean of Des Plaines, Aurora Real De Asua of Evanston, and George Manisco of Deerfield.

Metropolis' cast for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead includes Douglas Bean (Claudius), Madeline Bunke (Tragedian: Alfred/Fortinbras), Josh Carroll (Tragedian: Ambassador), Aurora Real De Asua (Guildenstern), Ryan Duncan (Hamlet), Margaret Garofalo (Tragedian: Horatio), Amy Gorelow (Gertrude), George Manisco (Polonius), Maddie Sachs (Tragedian: Ophelia), David Stobbe (Rosencrantz), Chris Walsh (Player), and Peter Wilde (Tragedian: Laertes). Understudies include Madeline Bunke, Josh Carroll, Margaret Garofalo, Robin Hughes, Maddie Sachs and Peter Wilde.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is written by Tom Stoppard. Directed by Josh Sobel. Designers are Adam Liston (Scenic Designer/Technical Director), Chelsea Lynn (Lighting Designer), Sarah Putts (Sound Designer), kClare McKellaston (Costume Designer), Pauline Olesky (Props Designer), and Mike Wagner (Master Electrician). Metropolis Executive/Artistic Director is Joe Keefe. Metropolis Production Manager is William A. Franz, Assistant Production Manager is Sara Elizabeth Buto.

Regular run performances are tonight, February 8, through March 18, 2017. Tickets are $30 for previews and $38 for regular run shows and can be purchased online at MetropolisArts.com or by calling the Box Office at 847.577.2121.