A Room in the Castle, Folger Theatre
In Kaja Dunn's production of A Room in the Castle currently playing at the Folger, playwright Lauren Gunderson presents the audience with her own vision of Hamlet and what might happen behind closed doors between the play's female characters. Who could the Queen and Ophelia be if given space to let their stories not center entirely around Hamlet? What would the story gain if one more woman was added in to reflect and refract the focus of the named women in the play? Sabrina Lynne Sawyer, Burgess Byrd, and Oneika Phillips in Folger Theatre's world premiere of A Room in the Castle , written by Lauren M. Gunderson, directed by Kaja Dunn, co-produced with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, on stage at the Folger Shakespeare Library, March 4-April 6, 2025. Photo by Erika Nizborski In Gunderson's interpretation, while Hamlet agonizes off stage and out of sight, the women get a chance to come together and make their own plans, working first to his benefit and then for their ow...
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