Arts & Entertainment
Diamond Bar Drama Presents 'Hamlet'
Hamlet is coming soon from Diamond Bar Drama. 7 p.m. on October 12, 13 and 14, and 4 p.m. on October 15 in the school's theater.
DIAMOND BAR, CA — The Diamond Bar High School Theater Company opens up its 2017-2018 season with a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Show times are 7 p.m. on October 12, 13 and 14, and 4 p.m. on October 15 in the school’s theater.
Tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for students, and may be purchased online at seatyourself.biz/dbhsdrama.
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Hamlet, Shakespeare’s greatest masterpiece, is the story of a young man whose life is irreversibly altered when his father, the king, dies suddenly and then comes back as a ghost to tell Hamlet that he was murdered by Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius.
The ambitious production features live original music composed and conducted by Diamond Bar High School alumnus, Wilfredo Nazareno.
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The play within the play is presented as an opera. DBHS theatre director Beatrice Casagran chose two different casts to provide performance opportunities for more students.
Cast 1 features senior Pilar Alcazar as Hamlet and Cast 2 features junior Arvind Singh in the title role.
The casts, made up mostly of freshman and sophomore students, have been working diligently to master the material including research into Elizabethan theatrical traditions and Shakespeare’s language.
“The key is to make sure that each actor clearly understands the meaning and connotation of every line he or she is saying onstage,” explained Casagran.
“We have spent a great deal of time discussing language and subtext. There is a lot of humor in Hamlet, and we’ve striven to find those funny moments so that the tragic moments are then more poignant.”
DBHS has become known for its high caliber theatre productions put on entirely by student actors, managers, and technicians.
Last year’s fall play, Journey to the West, was chosen by the California Educational Theatre Association as the top high school play in its region.
Diamond Bar High School is located at 21400 E. Pathfinder Road in Diamond Bar.
For more information contact Beatrice Casagran at bcasagran@wvusd.k12.ca.us.
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