Shaking Spears with Lady HaHa

Celebrated English playwright and poet William Shakespeare penned 10 histories, 10 tragedies, 18 comedies...and zero musicals. 

Until now.

Written and directed by Erika Grotto, Shaking Spears combines four of the bard's most famous tragedies (you know, the ones you read in high school) with the music of pop princess Britney Spears to create a musical comedy with just the right balance of class and crass. Just the way Shakespeare would have liked it.

The story follows young Hamlet, who is concerned about the ambition of Macbeth, his uncle who is also his new stepfather and king. With his friends Brutus Rosencrantz and Cassius Guildenstern, Hamlet makes deadly plans for the Ides of March. Will he carry them out? Will he be able to shake his crazy girlfriend Ophelia and win the heart of the fair Juliet? And just who is that guy with the sweet dance moves?

The cast and crew includes residents of Naperville, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Woodstock, Plano, and Hanover Park.

The show also includes a set by all-female improv troupe Lady HaHa.

Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. The show is not appropriate for children, as it contains some lewd humor and Britney Spears music.