Traveling troupe stages 'Hamlet' at FVCC
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Christopher Peltier gestures as he plays the title character during Montana Shakespeare in the Parks performance of Hamlet at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday night. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake From left, actors Mark Kuntz, Courtney Jones and Steve Peebles of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks perform Hamlet at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday night. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Montana Shakespeare in the Parks performs Hamlet at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday night. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Montana Shakespeare in the Parks performs Hamlet at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday night. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Jose Nateras plays Horatio during Montana Shakespeare in the Parks performance of Hamlet at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday night. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake From left, actors Carly Cornelius, Nile Hawver and Christopher Peltier of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks perform Hamlet at Flathead Valley Community College on Tuesday night. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
Take one depressed prince. Add a ghost, a murderous uncle, a crazy ex-girlfriend and a bevy of sneaky schemes and you have a recipe for one of the greatest plays in history.
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks staged William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at Flathead Valley Community College Tuesday evening.
The troupe has been traveling around Montana, northern Wyoming, eastern Idaho, western North Dakota and eastern Washington all summer, performing “Hamlet” and “Twelfth Night.” This week the players reached Northwest Montana. In addition to Tuesday’s show in Kalispell, Shakespeare in the Parks performed “Twelfth Night” Sunday in Libby and “Hamlet” Monday in Eureka.
The troupe will perform “Hamlet” again Friday at the Double Arrow Lodge grounds in Seeley Lake. That show begins at 6 p.m., but it will be preceded by a stage combat workshop for children at 5 p.m.
Bozeman-based Montana Shakespeare in the Parks is in its 40th season. The troupe features 10 professional actors selected through national auditions. They tour without technical assistance to bring live theater to primarily rural communities.
This summer’s tour will have included 76 performances by the time it wraps up in Bozeman in September.
For more information about the nonprofit theater group, visit www.shakespeareintheparks.org.