Die! Shakespeare! Die!

Saucy Gal Productions—Studio 320

Equal parts mash-up, theory, discussion, and love letter, the play is delivered with all the verve and passion of the very best of geek conversations.

Deftly splicing characters and dialogue with their own fantastic wordplay, the performers re-contextualize several of the Bard’s best-known works in the telling of their own story of players trapped in rehashing the same roles night after night.

The plays within the play serve well in their new roles as vehicles for this new comedic drama, but there’s a sense that a broad knowledge of the original plays is essential to really wringing the most from the show. While the performers clearly love what they’re creating, they are also leaving it to the audience to keep pace.

That seems to be entirely the point, though. Jump into a discussion with a diehard fan of any subject, and it quickly becomes a spirited game of tradeoffs and one-upmanship.

Saucy Gal invites you along for the ride, here. Half the fun is trying to keep up

Ryan Hauff