Didn’t get a chance to see the premiere of Studio Child’s Ghostcreator earlier this year? Or are you looking forward to a chance to dive deeper into this haunting and compelling new work? Either way, grab your tickets for Ghostcreator at FRIGID New York’s Little Shakespeare Festival! The theme this year is ShakesPUNK, and our resident acting studio is slated for four performances of their radical, subversive “pean to the Mystical in the theatre, with echoes of Hamlet’s ghost”.

Invoking the ghost in Hamlet as a touchstone, Ghostcreator is a blend of heightened, poetic text with occasional song and physical performance, consistent with Studio Child's experimental practice. Astute audiences will catch frequent textual allusions to Hamlet, while others with a deeper familiarity with Shakespeare's play will recognize thematic overlap in themes of longing, death, and metaphysical inquiry.

The performance is ritualistic and poetic, with striking imagery and visceral moments. It's a work one can get lost in, that defies easy classification, but that nonetheless conveys a strong theatrical experience.

"This piece began as an adaptation of Hamlet and, at its heart, still is," reflects director James T. Majewski. "It compellingly illustrates how Shakespeare's text can take just about anything that's thrown at it — and that the Bard today is as potent a catalyst for daring theatrical experimentation as he's ever been."

When:
Sunday, August 9th at 7pm
Saturday, August 15 at 9pm
Thursday, August 20th at 9pm
Sunday, August 23rd at 7pm

Where:
Under St. Mark’s Theater
94 St. Mark’s Place
New York, NY 10009

Arthouse2B is not affiliated with, sponsoring, or presenting the Little Shakespeare Festival. While our resident acting studio is participating, the festival is organized and operated solely by FRIGID New York.