Ophelia OnlyFans (Czechia)
A new Czech play by Tomáš Ráliš, translated by Eva Danickova. Nominated for this year's Czech Radok Awards for Best Play. A darkly satirical reimagining of Hamlet’s world, focusing particularly on sexual indiscretions and their political/familial repercussions.
Directed by Patrice Miller.
With Yael Haskal, Simon Henriques, Nalina Mann, Gavin Stewart
In collaboration with the Czech Center New York
In association with the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in New York.
Production photo by Patrik Borecký from the current production at Prague City Theatres, Photo of Ophelia by Kamil Košun
Patrice Miller (director) is a director-choreographer and performance artist best known for their interdisciplinary performance making that is rooted in using social science research and methodologies coded for performance making. She directed and co-created the premieres of This Joint is Jumpin featuring Lillias White (The Other Palace, London), Brian Boone’s The Testament of Josh: A Flesh and Blood Musical, James Judd’s Funny Stories (Crown & Anchor, Provincetown), In the Pines (AUSTRAL Buenos Aires, Argentina). Their acclaimed NYC productions as a director include: Mad Jenny’s Love und Greed, Sarah Jane Johnson’s Devil in the Box, Maggie Cino's Decompression, Marion Fayolle’s In Pieces, Evelyn Piper’s Bunny Lake is Missing. Patrice is the artistic Associate of Untitled Theater Company #61 and with them has choreographed and collaborated on: Paul Auster’s City of Glass, Vaclav Havel’s The Pig … , Money Lab, amongst others. Their installation/performance art work includes appearing in Steve Valk & Michael Klein’s Excavation: Martha Graham Company (COIL), Public Movement (Performa11), Jody Oberfeld Projects (NYLA), and creating work for The Brooklyn Museum, Prelude/CUNY Grad Center, SUNY Stonybrook, Grace Exhibition Space, Postmasters Gallery, NYCFashionweek. They are also a death doula and enthusiastic cat lady.
Part of Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival honoring Václav Havel, produced by the Vaclav Havel Center and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.
ABOUT THE 2026 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL
Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival, honoring Václav Havel, is a showcase of contemporary European theater organized each year in New York City. Conceived in 2017 as a shared endeavor of the Václav Havel Center (VHC) and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA), the festival honors the legacy of Czech playwright, dissident and political thinker Vaclav Havel.
Each edition of Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival addresses current sociopolitical trends in Central and Eastern Europe, offering New York audiences a unique opportunity to witness the region’s theatrical zeitgeist.
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.