I Hate Hamlet at Center for Performing Arts Bonita Springs

Center for Performing Arts Bonita Springs launches its new year and new season with the Paul Rudnick comedy I HATE HAMLET, running July 18-21 at the Moe Auditorium and Film Center. Rudnick is probably best known for the Sister Act screenplay, and his plays include Jeffrey, The Naked Eye and the more recent Regrets Only. The story follows struggling star Andrew Rally, who is tempted to take on the role of Hamlet in a Shakespeare in the Park production following the cancellation of his television series is cancelled. Conveniently, it would also impress his overly-chaste girlfriend. At the same time, he must wrestle, nay sword fight, with the ghost and previous inhabitant of his New York apartment, none other than John Barrymore himself, who has returned to earth with the mission of convincing Andrew to take the role. Andrew must choose between the life he grows to love or the television life which pays so much better.

Authors

• Paul Rudnick