CELEBRATE SHAKESPEARE’S 445th BIRTHDAY AT THE SPIRAL PRESS CAFÉ

(Weston, VT) --- “All the World’s A Stage” at 7pm on Saturday, April 26th at the Spiral Press Café when the Weston Playhouse Theatre Co. and the Northshire Bookstore join forces to celebrate William Shakespeare’s 445th Birthday with a free public community play reading of the Bard’s classic comedy of love and language, AS YOU LIKE IT. All are welcome to join, either as “groundlings” or readers or both. No dramatic experience necessary, just an Elizabethan spirit of fun. Come in costume and be eligible to win free tickets to the WPTC production of AS YOU LIKE IT, appearing on the Weston Playhouse MainStage August 28-September 6, 2008.

One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, AS YOU LIKE IT tells the timeless of tale of the headstrong Rosalind, her dainty cousin Celia, and the witty fool Touchstone, who escape from the usurping Duke Frederick to the mythic Forest of Arden, where, joined by the melancholic Jaques, love-struck Orlando, and a host of other fun forest folks, their romantic fantasies, philosophical fancies, and linguistic flights soar in verse, puns, and song.

The party begins at 7pm with a brief dramatic excerpt by veteran Shakespearean actor, Sam Lloyd, followed by a public reading of the play. Food and drink are available from the Spiral Press and the Bard himself may even appear to blow out his birthday candles!

Part of the WPTC Stage Door Series, the free event is co-sponsored by the Spiral Press and the Northshire Bookstore. For more information on the Stage Door Series, please contact Weston Playhouse Theatre Co. at (802) 824-8167 x107, or visit westonplayhouse.org

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