Wood and Mays' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Is Dead at Long Wharf June 3 | Playbill

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News Wood and Mays' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Is Dead at Long Wharf June 3 Tom Stoppard's classic puzzler Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, co-starring 1999 Tony Award winner Frank Wood and Long Wharf regular Jefferson Mays as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern — or is it Guildenstern and Rosencrantz? — will close June 3 on the Long Wharf Mainstage. Obie winner Edward Hibbert (Gross Indecency, The Green Bird) joins them as the Player. Darko Tresnjak (OB's More Lies About Jerzy) directs.

Tom Stoppard's classic puzzler Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, co-starring 1999 Tony Award winner Frank Wood and Long Wharf regular Jefferson Mays as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern — or is it Guildenstern and Rosencrantz? — will close June 3 on the Long Wharf Mainstage. Obie winner Edward Hibbert (Gross Indecency, The Green Bird) joins them as the Player. Darko Tresnjak (OB's More Lies About Jerzy) directs.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a typically twisting Stoppard comedy using two of Hamlet's minor characters as a launching pad for comical contemplations of the universe. The two existential heroes never really know who they are or why they are there, but they whittle away their time playing verbal tennis and other intellectual games before meeting their ultimate fate. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was made into a film in 1990 with Tim Roth and Gary Oldman in the title roles.

Also in the cast are Jack Ferver (Alfred), David Hornsby (Hamlet), Ann Mahoney (Ophelia), Gregor Paslawsky (Polonius), Thomas Schall (Claudius) and Sandra Shipley (Gertrude). The band of players are Stan Bayley, Kenajuan Bentley, David Furr, Aaron Jafferis and Jon Asa Walker.

Designing the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are David P. Gordon (sets), Linda Cho (costumes), Christopher J. Landy (lights) and Matthew Mezick (sound). Kevin E. Thompson is the production stage manager.

Performances began April 25. Tickets are $45-$15. For reservations, call (203) 787-4282. The Long Wharf Theatre is on the web at http://www.longwharf.org. — By Christine Ehren

 
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