BYOB Reading Series features
“Shakespeare On War”
Wrap up your Memorial Day with "Shakespeare on War." Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks' BYOB ("Bring Your Own Bard") series features scenes, monologues, and poetry about war, its cost and consequences on Monday, May 28 at 7:30 PM at The Te Cafe in Squirrel Hill. "Shakespeare on War" is an evening of favorite scenes and monologues from Shakespeare’s greatest plays as well as some of his most obscure ones.
"Bring
Your Own Bard" is an informal evening in which professional actors and
non-actors alike take a crack at their favorite Shakespeare pieces.
Readers and audience members are encouraged to bring along their
favorite Shakespeare monologue, scene, sonnet or song ready to read,
or just come to listen and enjoy. Extra readings will be on hand in
case last minute inspiration strikes. Fun for the whole family.
(Kids are welcome.) A tax-deductible donation is suggested at the
door.
Doors open at 7:15 PM, readings begin at 7:30 PM. Anyone interested in reading should contact BYOB@pittsburghshakespeare.com or 412.521.6406, or visit us on Facebook at Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks.
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks' BYOB series supports our Fall 2012 production – THE TEMPEST, directed by Alan Irvine in cityparks each Saturday and Sunday in September
The Te Cafe
2000 Murray Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (map)
(412) 422-8888
You're Invited!
You're invited to Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks' first annual fundraiser dinner, "Midsummer Night's Revels" on Monday, June 18! Drinks and appetizers start at 6:30pm and the dinner will be held at 7pm at Piccolo Forno, 3801 Butler Street in Lawrenceville. The evening program includes dinner, entertainment and a silent auction.
Click on the envelope to view your invitation, or view your invitation here.
R.S.V.P. by Friday, June 1 to info@pittsburghshakespeare.com
$55 per person
Please pay with your R.S.V.P. via PayPal or by check to:
PSIP
P.O. Box 81775
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
All profits go to PSIP to allow us to continue to provide FREE Shakespeare to Pittsburgh! Thank you for your support.
Young Company Auditions
for The Tempest
Are you between the ages of 10 and 15 and interested in performing in our Fall show?
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks is looking for performers for our Young Company, who will perform in The Tempest in September. The young company performers will appear in non-speaking roles several times throughout the show in the roles of sailors and spirits. Performers should be at least 10 years old.
Performances take place at 2 PM on Saturday and Sunday for the first 4 weekends in September at various parks in Pittsburgh. Performers do not have to be available for every performance. They do need to be available for two evening rehearsals (starting at 6 PM) during the last week of August. (Dates will be Monday, August 27 and Tuesday, August 28.) If you are interested, send name, contact information (yours and your parents), and dates available to perform to airvine@pittsburghshakespeare.com (but check with your parents first!).
We will also have a small number of speaking roles. We will have auditions for these in the next few weeks. We especially want people who can do multiple weekends for these roles. If you are interested in auditioning for one of these roles let us know that as well and we will get back to you with more information.
December 2011:
As the year winds down, the board of PSIP wants to thank all of our fans for making the 2011 season a success.
Don't forget - it's not too late to make a tax deductible donation to PSIP in 2011 to support on ongoing work! - we just had to put in a fundraising plug.
Wrapping Up 2011 and Looking Forward to 2012:
- PSIP teamed up with Poets Corner to celebrate the anniversary of Shakespeare's Birthday with the April Bard Walk. It turned out to be a rainy day, but the show went on inside at the Pitt Repertory Theater, with Shakespeare scenes, monologues, sonnets, and a lesson in swordplay.
- We had another fun Bring Your Own Bard series, with a core group of loyal fans coming out to read Shakespeare extempore. We will be reviewing and revising the shape and timing of our BYOB series for 2012 - if you have any suggestions, please send them our way!
- PSIP's production of Merry Wives of Windsor saw terrific audience response with 818 people coming out to the parks to see the show. We braved searing hot weather opening weekend, and rain the final performance, but our audience remained undeterred.
- We performed for the first time at Lawrenceville's Arsenal Park this fall. This is a GREAT location, and we received a lot of support from the Lawrenceville community. We look forward to expanding our ties with Lawrenceville and growing our audiences for this location.
- On the EDUCATION FRONT
- PSIP recruited community children to perform in the final scene of Merry Wives. We had a terrific response, and are looking forward to integrating children into our programming regularly.
- PSIP also inaugurated Falstaff's Fellowes, producing an adaptation of the mainstage show performed by kids for kids. We'll keep you up-to-date on our plans to expand our programming for kids in 2012.
That's it for the basic round up. One last thing...
Here are the shows tentatively in the pipeline for future seasons...
Tempest
Romeo & Juliet
As You Like It
Henry V
Two Gentlemen of Verona
If you are interested in getting involved with PSIP, please send us your information, and keep watch on our webpage and facebook page.
PSIP relies on the help of volunteers for front of house, marketing, ad sales, and fundraisers. If you'd like to be part of the PSIP team, please contact us. We will be happy to put you to work.
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Thanks for a TERRIFIC 2011 season. We'll see you in 2012!
Do you like what we do? Want to see us do a specific show? Let us know!...on Facebook or via email at info@pittsburghshakespeare.com.
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