Press release

HAMLET
Presented by Bare Theatre Company
November 16-20, 2005
At Common Ground Theatre, Durham NC

After a sold out run of Titus Andronicus in July, Bare Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's Hamlet November 16-20, 2005 Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pm and Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm. This dynamic classic with ghosts, players, swordplay, betrayal and madness will come to life in a new form under the direction of Carmen-maria Mandley.

Bare Theatre Company is a Raleigh based company that made its debut in 2001 with a staged reading of Shakespeare's Coriolanus in March and a full production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in June. Bare Theatre resurrected in 2005 with a Rogue Company production of Titus Andronicus in July. Rogue Company is the young company division of Bare Theatre and is made up of Triangle area youth ranging in age from sixteen to twenty-one. The mission of Bare Theatre is to form a group of artists dedicated to simple, eclectic, non-traditional and spontaneous theatre and to give audiences a clear, articulate and passionate experience of theatre with little more than a room, audience, actors, and text. Bare Theatre's production of Hamlet will focus on the text of this captivating story using two sets of scaffolding on which the actors will climb on, hang from, and create the backdrop of Denmark.

Tickets are on sale now and are $12 for adults and $7 for students, military, and seniors. For ticket reservations and information please call 919-771-3281. Common Ground Theatre is located at 4815B Hillsborough Road in Durham, NC. For directions please visit www.cgtheatre.com and for more information about Hamlet and Bare Theatre Company please visit www.baretheatre.org.