Preview performance of short plays set tonight in Sequim’s Olympic Theatre Arts
Published 12:01 am Thursday, September 3, 2015
SEQUIM — A pair of short plays by Sir Tom Stoppard — co-writer of the movie “Shakespeare in Love” — takes the stage for a preview performance tonight at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Admission to the 7:30 p.m. show is $10, while OTA members get in free.
“The Real Inspector Hound” and “The 15-Minute Hamlet” are both comedies, thanks to Stoppard’s trademark wordplay and a cast that first appears in the former, a classic whodunit, and then reappears in the latter, a high-speed rendition of the Shakespearean tragedy.
Colby Thomas plays Inspector Hound and then Hamlet; Dynara Rystrom is the love interest Cynthia and then Ophelia; E.J. Anderson portrays a theater critic in “Hound” and then Laertes in “Hamlet.”
The cast of both shows also includes Jennifer Horton, Ingrid Voorheis, K. MacGregor and Peter Greene, while Lily Carignan directs.
Opening night for “Hound” and the fast “Hamlet” is this Friday at OTA; curtain times will be 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 20.
Tickets are $16 general, $14 for OTA members and active military, and $10 for youngsters 16 and younger. There’s one exception, though: Admission to the 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, show is pay-what-you-will.
To find out more, see www.OlympicTheatreArts.org or phone the OTA box office at 360-683-7326.
