LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK

July 30 - August 23, 2009
  • By Qui Nguyen
  • Directed by Casey Kaleba
  • THE GONDA THEATRE at Georgetown University’s Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center

It is five years after the tragic events that ended Shakespeare’s HAMLET and Elsinore is ruled by a zombie king. Humanity on the brink of extinction, Lady Mac, Juliet and a seriously peeved Ophelia are brought back from the dead to battle the Zombies and Denmark’s new King of Pain. Blood, limbs and jokes fly in playwright Qui Nguyen’s love letter to Shakespeare, comic books and Hong Kong style action.

LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK was sponsored in part by Jeffery Cunard

SEASON 9 was sponsored in part by generous contributions from The Dobranski Foundation and Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny.

“There’s something rotten in the State of Denmark, boys and girls, and it isn’t the cheese.”

DC Theatre Scene

FEATURING

Scott McCormick
Katie Atkinson
Blair Bowers
Tony Bullock
Ben Cunis
Adrienne Nelson
Amy Quiggins
Megan Reichelt
Danny Rivera
Andres Talero
Sarah Taurchini
Eddie Walsh

Designers

Costumes Debra Kim Sivigny
Set Robbie Hayes
Lighting Brian S. Allard
Sound Matthew M Nielson 
Props Andrea “Dre” Moore

STAFF

Assistant Director Josh Goode Assistant Costume Designer Debbie Wheatley
Technical Director Kate Lucibella
Master Electrician Robert Brown
Master Carpenter Trey Carnley

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

PRESS

“I suppose it was inevitable that someone would one day watch Hamlet’s “To Be or Not to Be” speech and wonder – why not have both? And thus we now have Living Dead in Denmark – Qui Nguyen’s epic story about Zombie Elsinore.”
Washington Theatre Scene
“Perhaps during some bland Shakespearean performance, your thoughts have wandered to this: Which of the Bard’s suicidal women is best equipped to thrive in a zombie-filled dystopia? It’s best to just go with it as the folks at Rorschach Theatre have a bit of summer fun…”
Washington Post
"If you like your Shakespeare straight-up with a weskit, the gore and irreverence in “Living Dead in Denmark” will make you run howling to the Folger."
Washington Times