I'm not going to beat around the bush: the troupe's been bought out. I know this seems sudden to you. All I can say is that it was necessary, that we're going to go through some changes, but we're going to be stronger for it. There is great opportunity coming for us.   - K We'll see you all tonight, of course. No matter what's on the horizon, our rehearsal process is important.   - G I'll prepare the exploratory scenes! Family drama, romantic tribulations, murder of course, one can't do without a little murder. Oh, perhaps a trial for high treason...   - P I'll bring the usual and we can all commit high treason.   - R I've heard that the new management is going to have to let one of us go. Is that true? We need to know if that's true.   - C Freaking whatever, it'll all change by tomorrow anyway. TRUTH OR DARE AFTER REHEARSAL call it celebration or the last gasp before we all die, I don't care, but it's happening.   - J Management always changes when a troupe gets bought out. Somebody else is going to be calling the shots when the dust settles, I just know it.   - L Let's enjoy the time we have together. Whatever else happens, you are all my dearest friends.   - O I heard the early exploratory rehearsals were legendary even before I joined. Let's make history.   - H Un-Hamlet is a Shakespeare-inspired meta-larp of scenes, surreality, literary interpretation, and a theater troupe that may or may not exist. Players will start as members of an eccentric theater troupe, pick up and act out scenes as their characters, and receive character sheet updates as reality shifts, identities fracture, and decisions must be made. The game structure is on the rails, including both stupid party games and everything you think you know being turned upside down. Characters' genders are player-determined.

I’m not going to beat around the bush: the troupe’s been bought out. I know this seems sudden to you. All I can say is that it was necessary, that we’re going to go through some changes, but we’re going to be stronger for it. There is great opportunity coming for us. - K

We’ll see you all tonight, of course. No matter what’s on the horizon, our rehearsal process is important. - G

I’ll prepare the exploratory scenes! Family drama, romantic tribulations, murder of course, one can’t do without a little murder. Oh, perhaps a trial for high treason… - P

I’ll bring the usual and we can all commit **high* treason.* - R

I’ve heard that the new management is going to have to let one of us go. Is that true? We need to know if that’s true. - C

Freaking whatever, it’ll all change by tomorrow anyway. TRUTH OR DARE AFTER REHEARSAL call it celebration or the last gasp before we all die, I don’t care, but it’s happening. - J

Management always changes when a troupe gets bought out. Somebody else is going to be calling the shots when the dust settles, I just know it. - L

Let’s enjoy the time we have together. Whatever else happens, you are all my dearest friends. - O

I heard legends about the exploratory rehearsals long before I joined. Let’s make history. - H

Un-Hamlet is a Shakespeare-inspired meta-larp of scenes, surreality, literary interpretation, and a theater troupe that may or may not exist. Players will start as members of an eccentric theater troupe, pick up and act out scenes as their characters, and receive character sheet updates as reality shifts, identities fracture, and decisions must be made. The game structure is on the rails, including both stupid party games and everything you think you know being turned upside down. Characters’ genders are player-determined.

Participant communications
I’ll email out a casting questionnaire. Once the game is cast, you’ll get the game information and your starting character sheet, about 1,500 words of material, as an emailed PDF. Please note that there will be more reading during play, as there are scene prompts and a character sheet update.

Content warnings
Pervasive themes of grief and mental illness, including suicidal ideation, depression, and mania; some sheets and scenes may explore mild drug use, toxic relationships, and betrayal. Scenes will be full of dramatic conflict, and the game will end with one character dying.