Hamletmachine at Trap Door Theatre
Dates: 1/6/2011 - 2/12/2011
📍 Theatre: Trap Door Theatre
1665 W. Cortland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Phone: 773-384-0494
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Trap Door Theatre presents Heiner Müller's Hamletmachine, translated by Carl Weber, directed by Max Truax, with music composed by Jonathan Guillen.
There's something rotten in Denmark. This is the basis for Hamletmachine, Heiner Muller's seminal postmodernist meditation on the decay of an individual's national pride. Hamlet's conflict arises not out of familial betrayal, but out of a festering disappointment he feels toward a country he once loved. What happens to the individual's sense of self when his country betrays him?
In this world, Hamlet becomes fragmented, and his relationships with others come to embody various aspects of his national identity - he feels betrayed by the Denmark that has been at one time or another his mother, his father, his friend, his lover and his self. When Hamlet engages these living metaphors directly, the consequences are as harrowing as they are cathartic.
There's something rotten in Denmark. This is the basis for Hamletmachine, Heiner Muller's seminal postmodernist meditation on the decay of an individual's national pride. Hamlet's conflict arises not out of familial betrayal, but out of a festering disappointment he feels toward a country he once loved. What happens to the individual's sense of self when his country betrays him?
In this world, Hamlet becomes fragmented, and his relationships with others come to embody various aspects of his national identity - he feels betrayed by the Denmark that has been at one time or another his mother, his father, his friend, his lover and his self. When Hamlet engages these living metaphors directly, the consequences are as harrowing as they are cathartic.
Cast and Creative Team for Hamletmachine at Trap Door Theatre
Antonio Brunetti, Lyndsay Rose Kane, Rich Logan, Sadie Rogers, Tiffany Joy Ross, David Steiger
News About Hamletmachine at Trap Door Theatre
Trap Door Theatre Adds Two Week Run To MEDEA MATERIAL
June 03, 2022 Resident Director Max Truax returns to Trap Door to direct another Heiner Müller piece, after his triumphant production of Hamletmachine, which “calculated chaos and mastered madness with purpose, conviction, theatrical artistry, and artistic integrity.”Trap Door Theatre Will Present MEDEA MATERIAL
March 28, 2022 Resident Director Max Truax returns to Trap Door to direct another Heiner Müller piece, after his triumphant production of Hamletmachine, which “calculated chaos and mastered madness with purpose, conviction, theatrical artistry, and artistic integrity.”
Trap Door Theatre Announces 27th Season
October 13, 2020 Trap Door Theatre has announced its 27th season, which includes Decomposed Theatre Or The Human Trashcan, The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey, Medea Material, and The Water Hen.About the Theatre
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