Photo: Patrik Borecky, from the current production at Prague City Theatres.

Staged reading of a new Czech play – a darkly satirical reimagining of Hamlet’s world, focusing particularly on sexual indiscretions and their political/familial repercussions.

Directed by: Patrice Miller. Performance by: Yael Haskal, Simon Henriques, Nalina Mann, Gavin Stewart. Performed in English.

Free and open to the public. Suggested donation $15/ticket. Seats are limited, on first-come first-served basis.

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This reading is organized by Vaclav Havel Center and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association, in collaboration with the Czech Center New York and in association with the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter.

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ABOUT

The 2026 Spring Staged Readings is part of the Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival – a showcase of contemporary European theater organized each year in New York City. Conceived in 2017 as a shared endeavor of the Vaclav Havel Center and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association, the festival honors the legacy of Czech playwright, dissident and political thinker Vaclav Havel.

The program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The festival is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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