Now you don't have to wait until spring to see Shakespeare plays in a park. Enter stage right, the newly-formed St. Petersburg Shakespeare Company turns the Bininger Theater at Eckerd College into its very own Globe Theatre. For its inaugural production, they'll be performing Hamlet, one of the most well-known tragedies ever penned by the Bard. Benjamin Boucvalt, a student of the Asolo Conservatory, plays the title tormented Prince of Denmark who risks his sanity in avenging the death of his father. Read Mark E. Leib's review here. Through Aug. 15, 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sun., additional 2 p.m. matinees Sun., Aug. 15; Bininger Theater, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, $15, stpeteshakes.org. —Katie Machol
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2010.