Bards Eye View #9 - Patience is a Virtue

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We have two rehearsal spaces here besides the theatre. Rehearsing plays is a time consuming process, and for the cast of Henry VI, some of our actors have to sit comfortably for a long stretch of time while scenes they aren't in are being blocked. We have a lot of comic book readers and gamers, as well as a pretty great magician so the rehearsal hall table is often littered with comics, books on card magic, graphic novels, coffee mugs and scripts.

News Update : Tony Brown

Our Beloved Down Town Tony Brown.


On Sunday evening during a performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) one of our Senior Company members, Tony Brown, tripped and fell on stage during Act II. If you were there, thank you for your calm and patience while we handled the situation. We're sorry that we were unable to complete the show that evening.

Tony is doing well. He dislocated three fingers on his left hand and was a bit bumped and bruised, but nothing is broken. He is sore, but eager to get back on stage and sent an email saying "I'll be back!!!" to us yesterday. We will be performing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) as planned this coming Thursday.

If you did come to the performance on Sunday, we're probably working on contacting you, but if you haven't heard from us feel free to give the Box Office a call at 404-874-5299 x 0.

We hope you'll join us in sending Tony happy thoughts and well wishes for a speedy recovery!

The Battles are Beginning....

In November the Shakespeare Tavern will be presenting Henry VI parts 1, 2 and 3. Because those are three separate plays, rehearsals for them have already begun. This is much earlier than usual for us, but because there is so much material and so much to coordinate we need a head start.

That means that the Battles have already begun. Fight choreography has already started and there are a lot of men running around the building with swords. There is also a lot of yelling and grunting.

These are already amazingly choreographed scenes, even though they are still in the preliminary stages. It's getting pretty exciting to watch.

Now, there are only going to be five performances for each part of Henry VI, and tickets have been on sale for a month.

We currently have 208 Main Floor tickets left for Part 1, 210 Main Floor tickets for Part 2 and 211 Main Floor tickets for Part 3. So if you are looking for a table of excitement on the Main Floor to watch all of these battles up close and personal, I would really recommend buying your tickets now!


-Redd

Bards Eye View #8 - Your Hair is Everywhere

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Although all of the women at the Tavern have great hair, it's often not quite Elizabethan enough, so the ladies wear wigs. Putting on one of our wigs does take a little time. Often the hair has to be pin curled, then a stocking cap goes over the curls and the wig is pinned in place. 

Wigs have to be maintained regularly to keep those fantastic curls and braids looking perfect.

Bards Eye View #7 - Serious Fire Safety

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"We take fire safety very seriously here at the Shakespeare Tavern" is practically our motto here, and there are fire extinguishers all over the entire building. This vibrant splash of color is located in our upstairs Green Room. Our two Green Rooms (one upstairs and one downstairs) are the places where actors wait to go on stage between scenes. Filled with coffee makers, water coolers and couches, you will often find someone hanging out here after they have been beheaded or waiting to profess their undying love to a character they just met two minutes ago. 

Bards Eye View #6 - Magic Acting Pills

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The secret fuel behind every performer.

August Featured Actor - Tiffany Porter

Tiffany Porter joined the Shakespeare Tavern as an Apprentice in 2007. She has been involved in Theatre since her early teens after discovering that she had a fashion issue with the Marching Band in high school and deciding that drama was more her style.
Tiffany has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Professional Acting from East Carolina University.

After college, Tiffany performed in Raisin in the Sun and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and then came to Atlanta to audition for the Shakespeare Tavern. She auditioned on her birthday.

Tiffany finds, as many other actors do, that the most recent role she has performed is her favorite one. She greatly enjoyed playing Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and will be reprising the part on September 25th.

Her favorite non-Shakespeare performance was in Oesops Oh So Slightly Updated Fables. She enjoyed running around as a Butcher and making children laugh. Tiffany really enjoys teaching children.

In the future, Tiffany would like to play Kate in Taming of the Shrew.

Tiffany is currently playing Fabian in Twelfth Night through September. When discussing the character, she says “Fabian is the Yang to Mavolio’s Ying”. This is her first “breeches” role, where a woman plays a male character. She greatly enjoys working with Senior Company member Maurice Ralston, she feels that he is very giving as a scene partner.

In the future she wants to stay in Theatre. She considers herself a stage girl and says that her particular acting instrument is more suited to the classical style, which is why she enjoys Shakespeare.

Tiffany will be playing Charmian in Anthony and Cleopatra in October, a role that she considers “fiesty”. She will be playing Fabian in Twelfth Night through the end of September.

Something you didn’t know about Tiffany? She nearly didn’t take the apprentice at the Tavern because she has a phobia of bathrooms, and as an apprentice she had to clean them. She has a trade with a friend where her friend will come and clean her bathroom for her, and Tiffany will go and clean parts of her friend's kitchen.

In August and September The Shakespeare Tavern is performing Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King John, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and Much Ado About Nothing.

All of our previous Featured Actors are performing!

Bards Eye View #5 - The Life of Our Fight Director

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The message board outside of Drew Reeve's Office. Drew is our Company Manager and Fight Director.

Bards Eye View #4 - Guess Who's Desk?

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This pony belongs to Nick Faircloth. He has one of the most interesting desks in the company.

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