Even as the most easily recognizable playwright of all time, William Shakespeare’s work is still increasingly deemed to be antiquated and therefore irrelevant for modern audiences. Iambic pentameter and archaic rhetoric both lack effortless accessibility. However, by removing Shakespeare’s most iconic tragic figure, Hamlet, from within the realm of the old-fashioned and recreating him in a more easily approachable era and location, the numerous plays of William Shakespeare will reinforce their modern-day significance. Though it is impossible to eliminate the uncertainty regarding Shakespeare’s works’ applicability, it is possible to minimize such skepticism by removing Hamlet from Denmark and instead placing him in 1930’s Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl. Utilizing elements of both theater and film: costuming, setting, language, and music, this presentation is an exploration of madness, murder, and mayhem created to represent a tether between humanity and the past, present, and future, ultimately making Shakespeare available to everyone.