Theatre for a New Audience Presents
Teatro La Plaza’s HAMLET
Written and Directed by Chela De Ferrari
GET A NEW DEAL TICKET TO ANY PERFORMANCE FOR JUST $20!*
If you are 30 years old or under OR a full-time student of any age, you can purchase a $20 New Deal ticket (up to $95 value). Choose your seat, choose ticket type New Deal (change from Standard), and use promo code NEWDEALSKINT. ONE ID PER TICKET, FOR OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS – SEE BELOW.
YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR NEW DEAL NIGHT!
If you’re eligible for the New Deal, join us at New Deal Night on Thursday, March 26! Buy your $20 New Deal ticket for the 7:30PM performance of Hamlet and stay for a free post-show talkback with writer/director Chela De Ferrari, followed by a party at Fulton Hall with complimentary food and drinks and wonderful opportunities to connect with other artists and theatregoers.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE FOR $65** WITH CODE SKINT65!
GET TICKETS AT TFANA.ORG
WATCH TFANA’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ARIN ARBUS, DISCUSS THE PLAY
“★★★★★ Brilliant …This infectiously exuberant production serves as a reminder that Shakespeare is accessible to all, and Hamlet is for everyone” The Telegraph
“A performance like none I’ve ever witnessed during my 30-plus years of writing about entertainment and arts and culture … the complete definition of theatre for the mind, spirit, soul and imagination … The troupe delivers an all-encompassing crossover narrative that penetrates the heart.” The Chicago Tribune
“★★★★★ “The ferocious, left-field freshness of its approach… shaken up, translated, fragmented, relived and reconstructed in spectacular style … offering a non-stop feast of new insights … the show still ends with an exhilarated audience leaping up to dance onstage with the company; thrilled by the joy, the irreverence, the profound insight, and the deep sense of human solidarity” The Scotsman
In this brilliant, funny, and moving adaptation, Peruvian director Chela De Ferrari intertwines the text of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with the lived experiences of a young ensemble of eight actors with Down syndrome. With wry humor, playful energy, pop music, and pointed critique, the performers confront the play’s timeless themes—grief, revenge, and existence—with striking honesty and insight. Drawing resonant parallels between Shakespeare’s Denmark and our contemporary world, they offer a vision of a more just and joyful imagined future. Now an international sensation, the show has been performed in 20 countries and 51 cities, with subtitles in 11 languages.
Company: Octavio Bernaza, Lucas Demarchi, Jaime Cruz, Manuel García, Diana Gutiérrez, Cristina León Barandiarán, Álvaro Toledo, and Ximena Rodríguez.
Polonsky Shakespeare Center: 262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
* Each New Deal ticket holder must be 30 years of age and under, or a full-time student. A valid ID proving eligibility must be presented for each ticket purchased. IDs must be presented at entry beginning two hours prior to curtain. Failure to show proof of age or student ID will result in a surcharge for a full price ticket.
** $65 ticket discount offer expires 4/4/2026. Full price up to $95. Subject to availability. All internet and phone orders are subject to a handling fee. The offer may be discontinued at any time. Not valid for previous purchases.
Box Office hours are Monday–Saturday, 1–7pm and it can be reached at 646-553-3880 or tickets@TFANA.org.
Face masks are encouraged, but not required.
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Additional support for the presentation of Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet is provided by the SHS Foundation.
Special support for Community and Humanities Programming for Hamlet is provided by Ponce Bank.
Marketing support for the production of Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet is provided by The Consulate General of Peru in New York.
Deloitte and Bloomberg Philanthropies are the 2025-2026 Season Sponsors.
Principal support for Theatre for a New Audience’s season and programs is provided by Alan Beller and Stephanie Neville, The Jerome and Marlène Brody Foundation, Robert E. Buckholz and Lizanne Fontaine, The Charina Endowment Fund, Constance Christensen, The Hearst Foundations, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Fund at the New York Community Trust, The Polonsky Foundation, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Thompson Family Foundation.
Theatre for a New Audience’s season and programs are also made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom; Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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