Response to Lantern Theatre Performance

I attended the production of Hamlet in Philadelphia with Geoff Sobelle and it was nothing like I expected. To begin with, I have never seen a stage like the one that they performed on. The stage setting was intimate it felt like I was a part of the play. I remembered at the end of the play when they had the sword fight it was fantastic. The choreography of the two was great. It felt so real. They were just swinging the swords back in forth about a foot away from me. Geoff Sobelle did a great job at portraying Hamlet. At the beginning of Act 1 he gave the audience a great idea of what kind of character Hamlet was. Another thing that I enjoyed is how the characters interacted with the audience. During the first half of the play when hamlet was delivering one of his monologue he begin to like poke my teacher. It showed the audience the intensity of the emotion he was trying to portray. Last but not least, I enjoyed how the stage director included Geoff Sobelle prior experience with acrobatics. That really surprised me when they tied that into the play. All in all, I really enjoyed seeing this play. I am really looking forward to seeing another play at the Lantern. Also, I am looking forward to seeing another play with Geoff Sobelle in it.