Ursinus Students to Perform ''I Hate Hamlet''

The Ursinus College Theater Department will present I Hate Hamlet, a play written by Paul Rudnick, on March 28, 29, 30 and 31 in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center's Lenfest Theater.  Showtime each night is 7:30 PM.  Tickets are $5 for general admission and $2 for students and senior citizens.  For more information and ticket reservations, please call 610-409-3795.

Directed by Dr. Beverly Redman, Assistant Professor of Theater at Ursinus College, the play tells the story of Andrew Rally, a TV actor who has just been offered the stage role of Hamlet.  While this is a stage actor's dream role, Rally has trouble deciding whether he wants a stage career or a television career.  It just so happens that he is living in an apartment once occupied by the great American actor John Barrymore, whose own version of Hamlet made a splash both in New York and London.  Things get a little weird and a lot of fun when Barrymore, as a ghost, of course, pays a series of visits to Rally in an attempt to convince him to play the part and eschew selling out.

Dr. Redman received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego having completed her dissertation on the history of the San Francisco Mime Troupe.  She also holds an M.F.A. in directing from UC Irvine and an M.A. in Composition and Rhetoric from Georgetown University.  She has taught at Charles County Community College, Georgetown University, University of California, Irvine, Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, and the University of Texas at El Paso. At Ursinus, she teaches voice and speech, theater history and literature, and she also directs for the department.  Professor Redman has been with Ursinus College since 2006.