A series of events, programming, and educational experiences presented by Grand Rapids Civic Theatre and The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company in conjunction with Shakespeare In Love.
BUZZED BARD
January 25 | 7:00 PM AT SPEAKEZ LOUNGE
Join the actors of The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company for some of Shakespeare’s funniest scenes, Shakespeare-themed improv, a Shakespearean insult contest, and the world famous, extremely historically accurate Shakespeare drinking game!
$10 SUGGESTED DONATION AT THE DOOR, purchase of food and/or drink is encouraged. SpeakEZ Lounge is located at 600 Monroe North.
Midsummer Madness, a Pigeon Creek production for families
January 29th | 3:00 PM at Grand Rapids CIVIC THEATRE
The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company presents a 50-minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Four young lovers run away into the woods outside of Athens and find themselves in a mysterious world of fairy magic. This lively, engaging performance is perfect for families!
Tickets: $5 EACH
Lecture by Guest Artist, Jim Warren FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE American Shakespeare Center
FEBRUARY 5TH | 4:00 PM at Grand Rapids CIVIC THEATRE
BACK TO THE FUTURE: How re-creating Shakespeare’s staging conditions allow his plays to be fun again in the 21st century and beyond.
Jim Warren (Founding Artistic Director of the American Shakespeare Center and the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA; current Artistic Director of the American Globe Center that plans to build the world’s first historically accurate re-creation of Shakespeare’s 1614 Globe Theatre in Stratford, CT) explores the ways that Shakespeare used the theatrical environment of his day to make his plays thrilling, funny, in-your-face, and exciting for us today. With the assistance of Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company actors to demonstrate some of the staging principles, this presentation will help you fall in love with Shakespeare, for the first time or the fiftieth.
FREE ADMISSION, reservation required.