When: April 18 — May 19; Thursday — Saturday 7:30, Sunday 4:30
Where: Sunnyside Conservatory, 236 Monterey Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94131
Price: $30–65
Tags: #immersive, #shakespeare, #western, #interactive, #ContentAdvisory (see below)
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San Francisco’s Sunnyside Conservatory hidden, gem-like, in San Francisco’s Glen Park/ Sunnyside neighborhood is the stage for We Players’ Spring premiere of Undiscovered Country- a neo-western love story derived from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Cowboy outlaws Jack and Horace rob stagecoaches by day and recite Shakespeare by night. Jack is obsessed with cracking Hamlet’s nutshell, and Horace will play any part to satisfy his eccentric leader. But Jack finds a new Shakespearean confidant in Aurelia, a rich widow with Jack’s passion for the Bard. As the three lonely westerners sink into an unlikely love triangle, Jack sees a Ghost. Is it real? Or is it Jack’s madness that tempts him into the Undiscovered Country? In a process of adaptation and recreation that we’ve developed and honed in our work on Mother Lear, Undiscovered Country uses Shakespeare’s incomparable language to uncover a brand new narrative. Analogous to but not synonymous with the originals, these characters grapple with many of the same demons but are living their own, distinct stories.
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Office facilities provided by Thymele Arts, in Los Angeles, CA.
Contact Level: None to moderate. Audiences can choose their level of engagement.
Content Advisories: guns, one scene of sensuality
Experience is wheelchair accessible.
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