GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE
A solo performance of William Shakespeare's HAMLET.
Time & Location
Oct 30, 2025, 7:30 PM
CENTRE STAGE, 501 River St, Greenville, SC 29601
About the event
GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE: A Solo Performance of William Shakespeare's Hamlet
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)
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 holds a BA and MA in Theatre, and 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 over 60 productions in the last 20 years.
His daughter, Rosalind, is why he smiles.
Credits include: SOUTH PACIFIC (Mill Town Players); PETER & THE STARCATCHER (Centre Stage); DOCTOR FAUSTUS (Richmond Shakespeare); MACBETH (Warehouse Theatre's Upstate Shakespeare Festival); HAMLET, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, COMEDY OF ERRORS, MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Hoosier Shakespeare Festival); TAMING OF THE SHREW, NELL GWYNN, TEMPEST (Texas Shakespeare Festival); ROBIN HOOD (SC Children's Theatre); MACBETH, HAMLET, TEMPEST, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (Greenville Shakespeare Company.); BLOOD: A COMEDY (Best Medicine Rep); CHRISTMAS CAROL (Greenville Theatre); AS YOU LIKE IT, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, HENRY 60, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy); RICHARD III, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, TALE OF TWO CITIES: THE MUSICAL, TEMPEST, HAMLET, TAMING OF THE SHREW, TWELFTH NIGHT (BJU).
Many thanks to Laura Nicholas & the team at Centre Stage for partnering with Vagabond Shakespeare and making this show possible!