Ashland New Plays Festival will present scenes from UNIVERSES’ modern verse translation of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, currently in development with Play On Shakespeare.

“The Ashland New Plays Festival has a wealth of experience supporting playwrights in the development process. At Play On, we look at these Shakespeare translations as new works, and so it seems like a logical fit to us,” says Play On! Shakespeare President Lue Douthit.

ANPF audiences will get the first look at this translation in process, seeing selections from Shakespeare’s masterpiece in a modern light.

“Yes, ANPF is a playwright’s organization, and Shakespeare has been dead for 408 years, but that doesn’t mean this masterpiece doesn’t have more to give,” states ANPF Artistic Director Jackie Apodaca. “When Lue suggested partnering on the development of a new translation of Hamlet, led by the creative team of UNIVERSES, I jumped at the chance.”