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At Open-Door Playhouse, we bring the theater to you. Now Playing Remembrance by Allie Costa

After the death of his father, a grief-stricken Hamlet is plagued by psychotic delusions making him think several others have died and that he is at fault. He finds comfort in an unexpected source: the dearly not departed Ophelia.

Rachel Berney Needleman directs Kim Hlavac as Ophelia and Omari Williams as Hamlet.

Allie Costa is the playwright. Remarkably prolific, her many, many plays include Two Girls, Rise Up, Boxes Are Magic, This Used to Be My Playground, Mindstream, A Taste of the Future, Music of the Mind, Safe Distance, and more. She is also a director and actor.

Listen Here:
https://www.opendoorplayhouse.org/opendoortheaterplays/remembrance
Run Time: 13:34

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