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Exit The King (2009)
Lauren Ambrose as: Queen Marie
Additional Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Susan Sarandon
Directed by: Neil Armfield
Written by: Eugene Ionesco
Run: March 7 2009 (Previews)
With the Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
King Berenger is getting old - 400 years old, to be exact - and his health is failing. His country is failing (his empire is down to six people). His marriage is failing (his first marriage already failed). But his pride has most definitely not failed, and despite being told his time is up, the ancient ruler refuses to get off the stage without a fight.
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Hamlet (2008)
Lauren Ambrose as: Ophelia
Additional Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Margaret Colin
Directed by: Oskar Eustis
Written by: William Shakespeare
Run: May 29 - June 29 2008
As part of Shakespeare In The Park with the Public Theatre
Hamlet, has multiple woes. The ghost of his father haunts Elsinore; his uncle, Claudius, has married Queen Gertrude, his mother, and assumed the throne; and Fortinbras of Norway threatens Denmark with an invading army. When Hamlet meets the ghost, his dead father reveals that Claudius poisoned him—and the ghost demands that Hamlet exact revenge. In order to carry this out, Hamlet feigns madness; as part of his insanity, he scorns the affections of Ophelia, daughter of Polonius, to whom he had made romantic overtures. Polonius grows concerned over the apparent insanity that has beset Hamlet and reveals it to the King and Queen. Meanwhile, Hamlet struggles to convince himself that Claudius is the murderer of his father, and in an attempt to "catch the king's conscience," Hamlet convinces a traveling troupe of actors to perform a play in which the action closely resembles the events related to him by the ghost.
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Romeo & Juliet (2007)
Lauren Ambrose as: Juliet
Additional Cast: Oscar Isaac, Camryn Manheim
Directed by: Michael Greif
Written by: William Shakespeare
Run: June 19 - July 8 2007
As part of Shakespeare In The Park with the Public Theatre
Verona is home to two feuding noble houses, the Montagues and the Capulets. In response to the constant brawling between members of these families, the Prince of Verona has issued an edict that will impose a death sentence on anyone caught dueling. Against this backdrop, young Romeo of the house of Montague has recently been infatuated with Rosaline, a niece of Capulet. Rosaline is quickly forgotten, however, when Romeo and his friends disguise themselves and slip into a masque ball at Capulet's house. During the festivities, Romeo catches his first glimpse of Juliet, Capulet's daughter. The two young lovers, with the aid of Friar Laurence, make plans to be married in secret.
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Awake And Sing! (2006)
Lauren Ambrose as: Hennie Berger
Additional Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Ben Gazzara
Directed by: Bartlett Sher
Written by: Clifford Odets
Run: April 17 - June 25 2006
With the Lincoln Center Theatre
The Berger family are an extended Jewish family living in the Bronx who are struggling to survive in the face of poverty in the midst of the despression. To earn some extra money, the Bergers have decided to rent a room to a boarder, and Moe Axelrod, a veteran of the Great War who lost a leg in battle, becomes the new face in the household. Moe has a bitter sense of humor and a willingness to speak his mind, and his outspoken nature soon wins him an ally in Grandfather Jacob, an outspoken leftist who believes the family should rise up and take action against the economic and political circumstances which hold them down.
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Buried Child (2004)
Lauren Ambrose as: Shelly
Additional Cast: Brendan Coyle, Elizabeth Franz
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Written by: Sam Shepard
Run: September 29 - December 15 2004
With the National Theatre
It's a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember; particularly as his girlfriend can't stop laughing at his apple-pie dream of a childhood house – until she steps inside that is, and meets the half-crazed relatives.
Violence is never far from the surface in this claustrophobic domestic world, and the unexpected reunion triggers catastrophe.
A piercing, darkly comic portrait of a family rent asunder, set in America's heartland.
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