Content Transparency

Content transparencies are intended to inform interested patrons that a show may contain sensitive content. These notices flag production elements or specific themes that may impact the patron experience. Content transparencies can be useful for all patrons, but especially those with noise sensitivity, people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and those who would like to bring children.

Here is how we understand some of the terms used below:

Depiction: An act that is simulated by a character onstage in a realistic way.
Unseen action: An offstage act that informs the progress of the story.
Discussion: Characters onstage discuss this subject in some detail.
Mentions: A brief reference or remark.

25/26 Season

Hamnet

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Effects: Loud sounds and theatrical haze.
Content: Sexual euphemisms, and a suggested sex scene with clothes on. Depictions of childbirth; domestic violence, including the abuse of a child; staged sword fighting; and depiction and discussions of the death of a child.

Eddie Izzard in The Tragedy of Hamlet

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Effects: Flashing lights and theatrical haze.
Content: Depictions of death and murder. Depictions of mental illness, including depression, anxiety, and suicide. Discussions of grief and loss.

Othello

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Othello includes discussion of domestic abuse and depictions of psychological manipulation, racist language, murder by strangulation, and suicide.

Questions?

Please contact our Box Office at STCBox@ShakespeareTheatre.org or 202.547.1122 and we’ll be happy to give you more information.