Timing and publicity are two very important parts of a live performance, and yet, sometimes we feel as if we’re impoverished in both aspects. We’re a resident-supported endeavor and we put in just so much love into every production (too much!), but it’s always such a pity that the timing and publicity doesn’t reach. For those lucky enough to see a SL Shakespeare main canon production (so far, only Hamlet or Twelfth Night), you know exactly what I mean when I say that we endeavor to create the most memorable of experiences — and yet, the show itself is as ephemeral as any live theatrical performance is, and though many see it, so few see it! Once it’s over, it lives only in people’s memories. Alas…

So, endeavoring to solve the problems of timing and publicity… Timing - it seems like us setting dates just doesn’t work, so we’ll let you do it. Publicity - it seems there’s a certain limit to our grassroots network, so in exchange for you helping spread the love of SL Shakespeare, we’ll perform exactly when you want it!

Sounds good? Then…

Behold… the details of this experiment (and, do please participate!):

The On-Demand Run (ODR) Program lets audience members designate their own dates and times to see a live SL Shakespeare Company production — as long as a QUORUM of 100 is met, the show will be set (and will be free as in beer - though you may pay as you will) on said date, at least 3 weeks in advance of when quorum is met; if a party would like to see a show with fewer than quorum, they may pay (or split to pay) an IMPENSA of L$100,000 to set the show.

Please post a thread to this ODR forum with the time, date, and choice of your play - then get all your friends to reply to it to meet quorum! (If you choose to pay the impensa, please state so somewhere on the thread.)

AVAILABLE PLAYS for inaugural ODR Season:
Any scene from Hamlet
Any scene from Twelfth Night, or Twelfth Night Act 1
Any scene from King Lear

Back for ONE HOUR ONLY, encore performance of SL Shakespeare Company’s April Fools Multi-Parody SUPER SPOOF 2009 - that parodizes some of the memorable pop culture icons in 2008, while analogizing them to characters from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Act 1:

• Scene 1: Still Popular in 2008 - Star Wars in Duke Jar Jar’s Court … with Duke Orsino played by Jar Jar Binks (Duke Jar Jar); Curio played by Amidala; Valentine played by Darth Maul… and a small battalion of R2D2’s piping a spacy-techno-variation of Thom Dowd’s “Music is the Food of Love.”
• Scene 2: Popular CG 2008 - Wall*E in a not-so-barren wasteland (coast) of Illyria … with Wall*E played by the Captain, and Eva played by Viola
• Scene 3: Popular Politics 2008 - Outside a tavern in Illyria … with Hillary as Maria; GWB as Sir Toby Belch; Obama as Sir Andrew Aguecheek!
• Scene 4: Cult Film 2008 - Twilight in Duke Orsino’s Court … with Duke Orsino played by Edward Cullen and Viola (as Cesario) played by Bella Swan
• Scene 5: SL Popular 2008 - Rezzable Greenies in Olivia’s Household … Wherein… nearly the entire cast of Twelfth Night (Feste, Maria, Malvolio, Olivia, Sir Toby Belch, and Viola) is replaced by… a slew of Rezzable Greenies

Sunday, May 3 @ 1 PM at the SL Globe Theatre

LAST CHANCE to see our super satire, beyond Shakespeare, super spooooofed! SSSSSSSSSSS!

Free show; seating is first come first to squat.
Be there early! Sunday, May 3 @ 1 PM at the SL Globe Theatre

P.S. The Darth Maul, Queen Amidala, and R2D2 avatars shown in the poster above will be given away for free at the event! Come for the show, go home with memorable freebies!

The Twilight Bella Swan and Edward Cullen skins are also available at the Twilight SL Shoppe with 100% donation to support the SL Shakespeare Company — for Shakespeare and live theatre on Second Life!

This isn’t our usual — but just for fun — kind of our version of the Simpson’s tradition of parodies on Halloween — but earlier in the year for us! Join us for this free-for-all medley on SL!

Ladies & Gents, the SL Shakespeare Company’s long-awaited open-ended run of Twelfth Night, Act 1 premiers this coming Sunday, March 1 at 1 PM PST! Subsequently, performances will be occurring weekly every Sundays at 1 PM PST, and every Tuesdays at 6 PM PST, at the SL Globe Theatre, sLiterary. For further details, please check out Lora Constantine’s press release.

P.S. We are going to announce a photography contest with L$100,000 in prizes - soon!

P.P.S. See Twelfth Night Playbills here!

There will be a silent actor rehearsal this Friday at 5 PM SLT. All prospective silent actors, please try to make this rehearsal.

We are still seeking Silent actors. Details here.

Since Second Life voice is so often unstable, most of our voice rehearsals will probably be held on Skype. (We might even get to revive the old Skype Shakespeare Radio’s that was around a few years back.)

Ladies and gentlemen, I am excited to announce that our first open-ended run production (OEP1) of Twelfth Night: Act 1 will open exactly a month and a day from now on Sunday, March 1st at 1 PM SLT (GMT-8). This will be followed by the opening of our weekday performance of the production on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6 PM SLT. Weekly performances will continue indefinitely every Sundays at 1 PM SLT, and Tuesdays at 6 PM SLT. Performances will be held at the SL Globe Theatre.

While we have (nearly) a new cast for this production, and less time to prepare, unlike previous productions, I will be directing the play by myself. We will begin with scansion and a semi-close reading in our inaugural rehearsal on Sunday @ 1 PM SLT. The public is welcome to attend most rehearsals; schedules will be posted @ http://rehearsals.SLshakespeare.com

The SL Shakespeare Company Returns to Shakespeare with Twelfth Night— In Their Usual Trademarked Extravagance…

Shakespeare, Second Life: The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) will perform a full ensemble performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: Act 1 in a special short-run advance miniseason as part of their Fall Season 2008 repertoire. Opening on SLSC Thursday, November 13^th (following a “sneak peek” on November 12^th), the full-length Act 1 is the first part of the culmination of a summer’s worth of rehearsal-performances in SLSC’s tag-team staged reading series of Twelfth Night. Maintaining their tradition of visual and theatrical extravagance, the miniproduction also introduces the usage of multiple rotating sets, incognito animation preloading, global lighting and weather control to SLSC stagecraft technologies. Live dynamic camera control by a director finetunes the performance with a cinematic appeal, while international subtitles, the SLSC’s “Pay as you Will” philosophy, and the play’s location in the confluence of four island simulators of the SL Globe Theatre make the performance accessible to as many as possible.

Directed by Ina Centaur and Voice Directed by Enniv Zarf, the production stars MadameThespian Underhill, Joff Fassnacht, Prospero Frobozz, Ludo Merit, Maedin Tureaud, and Lorne Harlequin, and also a motley cast of “silent actors” who create a different variation of a background crowd each time.

Miniseason schedule (All times SLT or GMT-8):

• Wednesday, Nov 12 - 11 am “sneak peek”
• Thursday, Nov 13 - high noon
• Friday, Nov 14 - 1 PM
• Saturday, Nov 15 - 2 pm - (ticketed)*
• Sunday - no show
• Monday, Nov 17 - high noon

Long Version

The SL Shakespeare Company presents its third miniproduction - or, our first Act Production (AP1) - the entire unabridged first act of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. It’s the culmination of our summer training through the tag-team staged reading series of the full length Twelfth Night, now adapted to take advantage of all that SL has to offer — from multiple custom sets to changes in global lighting to international subtitles, providing closed captioning for all.

2008 Miniseason Showtimes:
Wednesday, Nov 12 - 11 am “sneak peek”
Thursday, Nov 13 - high noon
Friday, Nov 14 - 1 PM
Saturday, Nov 15 - 2 pm - (ticketed)
Sunday - no show
Monday, Nov 17 - high noon

The SL Globe Theatre, a venue that can support over 200 avatars simultaneously, welcomes events scheduled during days when SL Shakespeare Company shows are not scheduled. Public events are free (but you can also book the four island simulator theatre all to yourself for your private event).
Details here: http://twelfthnight.slshakespeare.com/blog/you-your-event-at-the-sl-globe-theatre/

 (Clarification)

Earlier today, I sent out a notice about “You!: Your Event at the Globe Theatre”. Received a couple of similar questions, so this is just a quick note to clarify:

If you wish to hold an event open to the public, it’s free of charge for you to hold it at the Globe.  (”Private performance” pricing is if you want the Globe blocked to access only to a certain group.)