(a)muse collective - "One Man Hamlet"

Michael Birch, considered by many * to be the greatest actor of his generation, has decided to put these accolades to the test. Not content to simply play the Danish prince, Mr. Birch will be portraying all the characters in Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, including Polonius, Gertrude and the fair Ophelia. Although he is known for his comic abilities, Michael wants you to know that this is not a parody or a joke, We are telling Hamlet’s story as Mr. Shakespeare intended it to be told, if he had intended it to run for 1 hour and a half.

*well at least a few

~ Cast ~

Michael Birch has been an actor in NYC for almost 20 years. His classical credits include; Feste in Twelfth Night, God #3 in The Good Woman of Setzuan, Lucio in Measure For Measure, Trip in The School For Scandal, Polonius and the Gravedigger in Hamlet, Alfred Doolitle in Pygmalion, Touchstone and Jaques in As You Like It and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, just to name a few. He can be seen in the upcoming feature film, Stags and also in numerous videos for Barely Political and Barely Digital. He performs regularly with his comedy rock supergroup "Fish & Chips" and can be seen all over the 5 boroughs with the WCS's Wildlife Theater.

~Director ~

Bricken Sparacino is an award winning/nominated director and performer. She was one of nytheatre.com’s People of the Year ‘08. “A generous and tireless collaborator, Bricken Sparacino directed and helped develop solo shows at festivals such as Chris Harcum's American Badass and Joy Gabriel's Mother May I.”-Martin Denton, nytheatre.com. Other nominated/winning shows include, Those Whistling Lads (Planet Connections and MITF), Pizza Man (MITF). This spring saw the debut of her original play Are We Freaks (Frigid ’09) which is being expanded for performance sometime next year. She has directed Michael Birch in many projects including Alien Sympathizer Henry Platt is Missing and Shakespeare’s Fools and Friends.

~ Producers ~

Bricken Sparacino and Michael Birch as a comedy producing powerhouse since 1999, Bricken and Michael have produced, and directed numerous original works including All About The Comedy (1 &2), Alien Sympathizer Henry Platt Is Missing, Medication for the NY Fringe Festival (Back Stage’s “Theatre Gem” of the year), American Treacle for the Midtown Theater Festival as well as the wildly successful 10:17 Comedy Night, which ran every Saturday night for 3 years at the Gershwin Hotel.

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