Week of Will 2018

Week of Will 2018

Celebrating the Bard's 454th birthday with way more than a week of Shakespearean shows, film, toasts, and, aye, cake!

Thurs., April 19

Mrs Shakespeare, Will's first & last love
Performance by Yvonne Hudson of her long-running solo show

Sewickley Heights Historical Center
Tickets: https://www.sewickleyheightshistory.org/

7 - 8 pm, including a short talk back after 50 minute performance.
Free admission, refreshments served, donations accepted

Saturday, April 21 - 4-8pm

St. George's Day 'Shakesbeer' & the Bard
The Leaning Cask Brewing Company, Springdale
 

Britsburgh celebrate St. George's Day at the Leaning Cask Brewing Company Co. with a wonderful afternoon of Shakespeare in the pub, tour of the brewery, beer tasting including 2 'Shakesbeer's brewed especially for St. George's Day. Join us and The New Renaissance Theatre Company to experience Shakespeare the way it was intended: with food and drink.

Your Shakespeare is FREE, but we will be passing around the hat for the actors - all money collected will go to help fund this summers NRTC programs. REGISTRATION REQUIRED for a TOUR of the brewery followed by BEER FLIGHT TASTING with proprietor and master brewer, Josh Lipke. Note: Registration at the door is limited to first 6 people only, so please register to save money and guarantee your attendance on the tour n' tasting!

Sunday, April 22 - noon

Shakespeare Statue Salute, outside of Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland

Mrs Shakespeare (Yvonne Hudson) leads the city's annual tribute to Will with story, sonnets, and flowers. Free to public 12:15-2 pm
Shakespeare's Saucy Minions
Schenley Plaza tent
A pastiche of favorites from Will's words by PSIP artists and Shakespeare colleagues. Birthday cake served at the end of performances.

Monday, April 23

Facebook live events with PSIP players, Yvonne Hudson (Mrs Shakespeare), and more on the Bard's 454th birthday.

Tuesday, April 24; 7 pm

Hamlet

Pittsburgh Public Theater

Directed by Ted Pappas

Fiercely intelligent and wildly passionate, this exploration of love, lust, and grief has enthralled theatergoers for centuries. The greatest play in the English language lives again in a new production

this Shakespeare masterpiece.

Tickets: https://ppt.org/production/51431/performance/51638/seat_selection

Food and fun for Will's most personal drama.

Wednesday, April 25

Franktuary Happy Hour, Lawrenceville
5-7 pm
Meet our players and board members at an informal annual gathering. Benefits PSIP

Friday, April 27

Trivia Contest on Facebook

Led by Alan Irvine, director of HENRY V and THE TEMPEST

Sunday, April 29 - 11 am

National Theatre Live & Britsburgh happy hour - Julius Caesar

The Bridge Theater's ground breaking production recorded live at the National Theater.

The story: Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down.

With food and conversation after the broadcast at Claddagh Irish pub, nearby at Southside works.

Performance run time: 2 hours, 15 minutes.

A collaboration with Britsburgh


Monday, April 30

Friended by Shakespeare
Threadbare Cider and Meadery, first floor production space.

Doors open 7 pm
Show begins 7:30 Cash bar featuring Threadbare specialties until 9:30 pm

Free parking

Pittsburgh's Stoney Richards takes over PSIP's monthly Bring Your Own Bard (BYOB) with his solo show about Will for this fundraiser for September's Two Gentlemen of Verona.

https://www.facebook.com/FriendedbyShakespeare/