Jeff and....Jeff?

Recently Artistic Director Jeff Watkins and our Chairman of the Board David Weiss had a lunch meeting in my & Jeff's office. I walked in to this:



They really do look alike, don't they?

-posted by Jeanette

A Great Monologue on Shakespeare by Craig Ferguson

If you're a fan of Craig Ferguson and The Late Late Show on CBS like I am, then you'll love this:






-Posted by Jeanette

Welcome to 'Hell'

Ever wondered where the people who pop out of the trap doors on stage are coming from? Take a look:



Posted by Kristin Hall

Our Rehearsal Room Receives a Makeover

Hey everyone, remember how I said that we would try to put up some videos showing the backstage changes that we made as part of the Phoenix Project this summer? Well, here's Jeff Watkins talking about the renovations in 'Rehearsal Hall 1.' This is the main space used by our company not only for rehearsal of our productions, but also for Education programming such as our summer camps and classes for the Apprentices (many former Apprentices have told us that they're particularly jealous of the beautiful new wood floor!)



Posted by Kristin Hall

A Shakespeare Funny

(Click on it to read the small type. No offense to you "Twilight" fans...)


Posted by Jeanette Meierhofer, Marketing Manager

Early Tavern Photos

We've got some great photos from our past 25 years as The Atlanta Shakespeare Company and our 20 years at The Shakespeare Tavern. Here are two:


This is our lobby when we first opened 20 years ago. See that table? That's the Box Office!


Here's Jeff Watkins in rehearsal many many years ago!

Is there a picture from our past you'd like to see? Let me know!
Jeanette@shakespearetavern.com


Posted by Jeanette Meierhofer, Marketing Manager

Update on Paul Hester

About ten minutes before the show tonight, our beloved Paul Hester was feeling a wee bit off. His stomach was hurting him a little, but he thought he would be okay and we started the show as usual. Complete Works is a very fast paced show with a lot of running around. Paul has a lot of costume changes. As he came off for each change, he said that his stomach was getting worse and worse, and he was concerned he was going to pass out. At this point he was also getting very sweaty and shaky. He was asked if he wanted to stop and he was determined to keep going, but after we got to The Scottish Play, it was clear that he wasn't going to make it and he barely made it to the bathroom in the mens dressing room before vomiting.

We stopped the show to take care of him, and a lovely nurse named Leighanne who just happened to be at the show came down and helped us out. It was determined that he would need to go to the hospital and we took him across the street (yay for proximity!) to the Emergency Room. As we waited there for him to be seen, he started feeling a little better and his color started coming back. He was taken back to be seen and all of his vitals were normal. The doctors took blood and ran some tests, and determined that it was either a nasty case of food poisoning, or the result of some antibiotics he was taking for an ear infection. They decided to discharge him so he could go home and rest.
He will be just fine and he felt absolutely awful about having to stop the show. Actors never like to give an audience a bad performance, and he is beating himself up quite a bit for that. But, as we kept telling him, he is human and when most people get sick at work, they get to take themselves home. It's a little harder when you're one third of a three man show.

So, Paul will be just fine but please do send him happy healing thoughts. We apologize for any inconvenience to those patrons and thank you very very much for your patience and understanding. We hope that we'll see you at the Tavern again soon.

Also a huge thanks to volunteer Josh for helping us get Paul across the street, and to Nurse Leighanne for helping us take care of Paul. You are both so very very appreciated by all.

-Redd Horrocks

Complete Works Assistant Stage Manager (Paul's Dresser)