Save Hamlet! ✦ May 7 – 23, 2027

by Mark Harvey Levine

Directed by Wallace Ross

BOX OFFICE HOURS
6:00pm – 8:00pm | May 7 & 8, May 14 & 15, May 21 & 22
1:00pm – 3:00pm | May 9, May 16, May 23

The lobby opens 1 hour prior to curtain. The house opens approximately ½ hour prior to curtain. Performances will take place in the The Robert B. Stewart Performance Hall.

Save Hamlet!
by Mark Harvey Levine

Same classic play. Way more laughs. Considerably less murder.

What happens when Denmark’s finest leading ladies realize they are trapped in the world's most famous tragedy? They decide to rewrite the script! Get ready for an evening of side-splitting slapstick, clever pop-culture references, and pure theatrical joy as our community theater presents Mark Harvey Levine’s riotous comedy, Save Hamlet!

Everyone knows how Shakespeare’s Hamlet ends—with a stage buried in bodies. But in this brilliant, fast-paced parody, the women of Elsinore have had quite enough of the impending doom. Sneaking around in male disguises, spying from behind the castle walls, and actively sabotaging the treacherous plots of a clueless King Claudius, this band of quick-thinking heroes takes charge. Their mission? Stop the body count, keep Prince Hamlet alive, and completely upend 400 years of dramatic literature.

Packed with tremendous wordplay, meta commentary, and weaponized pool noodles, Save Hamlet! celebrates female empowerment while poking affectionate fun at the Bard. You don't need a degree in dramatic literature to love this show—it's written to make Shakespeare completely accessible, lighthearted, and, above all, hysterically funny.

Runtime: Approximately 1½ hours including a 15-minute intermission.

Content Advisory: Save Hamlet! is a lighthearted summer-style spoof designed to be a blast for wide audiences and while the show is highly family-friendly and completely replaces the grim stage violence of the original play with slapstick humor, it does feature occasional light, "raunchy" double-entendres and PG-style innuendo that will fly right over the heads of younger children.