Women Playing Hamlet

Workhouse Arts Center
9601 Ox Road Lorton

Hamlet's a challenge for any actor, but when Jessica is cast as the titular character in a New York production, it sends her into an existential tailspin. It doesn't help that her acting coach is borderline abusive, or that every Starbucks barista with an MFA tells her she's too young for the role. Or that she's somehow managed to make Sir Patrick Stewart her nemesis. Not to mention the fact that she's a woman. How can Jessica figure out "to be or not to be," when she can't even figure out herself? Featuring an all-female cast performing multiple roles, Woman Playing Hamlet is rip-roaring fun for Shakespeare fans and haters alike.

Thru - Feb 5, 2023

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DC Theater Arts - Recommended

"...I was unsure what to expect when I signed up to see Women Playing Hamlet, written by Williams Missouri Downs, at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. It would be an all-female production, naturally, but beyond that, I wasn’t able to find much information, except a brief description and a number of reviews from previous productions (not even Wikipedia had an entry). But any expectations I could have had were pleasantly exceeded by an intelligent, funny, and insightful original work focused on a young woman’s journey to take on a 400-year-old male character."

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- Kendall Mostafavi

Women Playing Hamlet at Workhouse Arts Center