Match these Shakespeare classics with their modern retellings.

1. Much Ado About Nothing

2. Twelfth Night

3. Macbeth

4. Othello

5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

6. Richard III

7. Hamlet

8. Titus Andronicus

9. Romeo & Juliet

10. King Lear

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1. It’s gender swapped.

2. It’s about 9/11.

3. The drama plays out over Instagram.

4. The real conflict is about race, but not how you think.

5. It’s a jukebox musical.

6. There are high levels of unnecessary audience participation.

7. It all takes place at a Hampton Inn in Sedona.

8. Everyone is white and male for authenticity.

9. It’s set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia that is never explained.

10. Puppets.


Answer Key: Every combination is correct and happening right now in a community theatre basement.

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