GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE
A solo performance of HAMLET.
Time & Location
Oct 31, 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
CENTRE STAGE, 501 River St, Greenville, SC 29601
About the event
GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE: A Solo Performance of Hamlet is back by popular demand!
Join Horatio (Hamlet's closest confidant) as he attempts to tell the tale of his best friend's final days:
While grieving his father's death and his mother's hasty re-marriage, prince Hamlet encounters a haunting revelation. Torn between duty and damnation, the fate of Denmark lies in his hands: will he act, or allow the darkness to reign?
Usher in the "witching time of night" as one actor takes on 15 different characters in this ghost-story retelling of Shakespeare's most famous play.
Adapted & performed by John Michael Cox
Run time: 75 minutes (no intermission)
TICKET INFORMATION COMING SOON
ABOUT THE PERFORMER
John Michael Cox is the founding artistic director of Vagabond Shakespeare, and views each new project as an invitation toward Trust, Curiosity, and Play. He earned his MFA in Classical Acting from the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy at The George Washington University. Hailed as “marvelously comic” by DC Metro Theatre Arts, and praised for his “fierce commitment” by the Greenville News, John Michael has proven his flexibility in 20 of Shakespeare's titles. His daughter, Rosalind, is why he smiles.
Local SC credits include: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING (The Warehouse Theatre); THE SHARK IS BROKEN, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Greenville Theatre); A FEW GOOD MEN, PETER & THE STARCATCHER (Centre Stage); JULIUS CAESAR, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, THE TEMPEST (Vagabond Shakespeare); TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, MACBETH (The Upstate Shakespeare Festival); SOUTH PACIFIC (Mill Town Players); ROBIN HOOD (SC Children's Theatre); MACBETH, HAMLET, THE TEMPEST, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (Greenville Shakespeare Company).
Many thanks to Laura Nicholas & Centre Stage for partnering with Vagabond Shakespeare on this production!