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Richard II Fundraising

Tue, 14 May 2024 10:21:31 -0400

TL;DR - Help pay actors so we can put on a quality show with no financial barrier to entry.

https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/elsewhere-shakespeare/campaigns/6434

Most of the actors I work with have other jobs. Many of us cobble together a living from various work inside and outside the arts. Some of us don’t need to be paid to create theatre because of other work. But regardless of individual need, when I put together a show I aspire to pay actors for the hours they work. Because I think creating theatre is valuable work that should be compensated.

No noyse, but silence — A Benefit Performance of Titus Andronicus

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 19:44:38 -0400

This Thursday night, April 9th, starting at 8pm Eastern time, I will be performing William Shakespeare’s The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus. In my living room.

All of the parts will be played by me. I will perform with all the skill & energy available to me. I will most likely be wearing pants. (Who’s to know?)

This is one night only. There will be no broadcast. There will be no recording for posterity. This is a theatre performance, and like all theatre, it is ephemeral. It happens only once in the very specific way that it will happen. And then it is gone.

ShakesBEERience Encore

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:06:09 -0400

Nearly seven years ago, Seven Stages Shakespeare Company started a series of Shakespeare-in-a-pub readings with Beer in One Hand, Script in the Other. I jumped in on the third reading – it was King Lear – and I’ve been eagerly participating ever since.

To celebrate the completion of their run through the canon in these seven seasons, 7 Stages has arranged a ShakesBEERience Encore: one play from each season, chosen by their audience!

ShakespearesWords.com Free Access

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:54:30 -0400

Hello friends! Just want to be sure you’re aware that Ben & David Crystal’s ShakespearesWords.com is giving unlimited-access-to-all for 24 hours tomorrow (April 23rd) to celebrate Mr S’s birthday and also the 1 year anniversary of the site’s launch. If you aren’t a member of the site yet this is a great chance to check out all the features, from the basic (& yet amazing!) ability to look up a word in the glossary & the canon: