Listen in as New York Shakespeare Exchange‘s Artistic Director Ross Williams and Kim Krane, both of whom direct in this edition of the company’s ShakesBEER pub crawl (Kim also acts!), discuss how they create their unique experience of Shakespeare erupting in a bar, how to get the locals interested (and attract curious folks from the street), custom beer koozies, picking thematic scenes, rehearsing for audience interaction, the magic of language, and how the company works to “create community through Shakespeare.”
“…who do we need to talk to, and warn them that we’re about to stand on their table and do iambic pentameter…?”
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New York Shakespeare Exchange presents
ShakesBEER
scenes written by William Shakespeare
directed by Katie Kay Chelena, Brian Demar Jones, Cristina Lundy, & Ross Williams
Saturdays, September 15, 22, & 29
3:00-6:00 PM
Starting at Jasper’s Taphouse
761 Ninth Ave
Manhattan
tickets: $49 (includes 4 drinks!), available via BrownPaperTickets
photos by Martin Harris
Address is wrong, it is 761 Ninth Ave. See you there!!
…thanks for the correction!