
Moppets Present: Hamlet
Youthful ensemble brings Shakespeare's Hamlet to life with raw emotional soliloquies, inventive staging, and spirited interpretations by young theatre artists; an intimate, community driven production highlighting a teenage perspective on the classic tragedy.
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