I HATE SHAKESPEARE by Gina Femia

Gina Femia is a playwright. William Shakespeare is a playwright, too - maybe you've heard of him? Through the lens of different Shakespeare plays, and juxtaposing him with the abusive relationships that defined her coming of age, Gina discusses how her experience with the Bard has shaped her origin story as a playwright.
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I HATE SHAKESPEARE

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  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend:
    31 Jan. 2023
    “ I love this. This autobiographical coming of age story told through the lens of Shakespeare plays Gina Femia studied in school is wonderful. It reads like poetry in places, contains truly heartbreaking stories, and has moments of real hilarity that snuck up and surprised me. What a perfect piece for theater majors in particular, as there is so much to relate to here. ”
  • Steve Mazzoccone:
    22 Oct. 2022
    “ This play is SO good. It's range is expansive and resonant. Touching and Funny. It worked beautifully as a reading at our university and the students found this so prescient to their lives and perspective as students of theatre. ”
  • David Hansen:
    25 Sep. 2021
    “ A moving and inspiring defense for knowing your Shakespeare and also a compelling argument never to produce his work again, Femia's monodrama is a wondrous description of the drive for writers to transform disappointment and trauma into art. ”
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Development History

  • Reading
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    Mirrorbox
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    2023
  • Reading
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    SUNY Oswego
    ,
    2022
  • Workshop
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    The Kraine Theater
    ,
    2021

Production History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Bag&Baggage
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    2023