WORLD PREMIERE! Never trust a ghost. Let the Gravediggers take you back in time to reveal the tale you’ve never heard behind the greatest play in the English language. Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel To Hamlet follows the twisted love triangle of Claudius, Gertrude and Hamlet Sr. as it spins, song by song, the unlikely journey of these lovers from innocent youth to the climactic moment of Hamlet Sr.’s “most foul” murder. Centuries-old questions shall finally be answered: What really ha...
WORLD PREMIERE! Never trust a ghost. Let the Gravediggers take you back in time to reveal the tale you’ve never heard behind the greatest play in the English language. Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel To Hamlet follows the twisted love triangle of Claudius, Gertrude and Hamlet Sr. as it spins, song by song, the unlikely journey of these lovers from innocent youth to the climactic moment of Hamlet Sr.’s “most foul” murder. Centuries-old questions shall finally be answered: What really happened to Yorick? What happened to Ophelia and Laertes’ mother? The missing pieces will connect with revelation upon revelation. Ghosts will rise, revolutions waged, and the bones of Shakespeare’s masterpiece dug up from the earth and exposed in the moonlight. All sides shall be told. All bones shall be heard. After all, a grieving son’s point of view can’t always be trusted.
book, lyrics & music by Michael Shaw Fisher
directed by Scott Leggett )
musical direction by Michael Teoli
choreography by Natasha Norman
CAST
John Bobek as Claudius
Leigh Wulff as Gertrude
David Haverty as Hamlet Sr.
Brendan Hunt as Yorick
Jeff Sumner as Delver
Matt Valle as Puddles
Cj Merriman as Dull
Rebecca Larsen as Berta
Curt Bonnem as Polonius
Alyssa Rupert as Ophelia
Pat Towne as Osric / Ghost King
UNDERSTUDIES
Michael Shaw Fisher as Claudius / Delver
Kristyn Chalker as Gertrude
Joe Fria as Yorick
Gregory Guy Gorden as Puddles
Lauren Van Kurin as Dull
Emily Clark as Berta
Jeremy Aldridge as Polonius
Angela Sauer as Ophelia
Neil Taffe as Osric / Ghost King
THE BAND
Kristen Klehr - Marimba
Gordon Wimpress - Guitar 1
Andy Moresi - Guitar 2 / Mandolin
Michael Teoli - Bass / Tuba
Sean Rainey - Percussion
CREW
Produced for Sacred Fools by - Brian W. Wallis
Associate Producers - David Mayes & Allison Faith Sulock
Stage Manager - Suze Campagna
Assistant Director - Monica Greene
Arrangements & Additional Music - Michael Teoli
Asst. Musical Director - Dwight Rivera
Lighting Designer - Andrew Schmedake
Set Designer - DeAnne Millais
Costume Designer - Linda Muggeridge
Associate Choreographer - Marianne Davis
Projection & Sound Designer - Ben Rock
Prop Designer - Brandon Clark
Dramaturge - Guy Picot
Master Electrician - Michael Franco
Vocal Coach - Natascha Corrigan
Lead Builder - Tor Brown
Builders - Scot Shamblin & Nathan Shoop
Casting Coordinator - Lauren Van Kurin
Poster Art - Gabe Leonard
Poster & Title Text Layout - Jack Townsend