NAKED SHAKESPEARE

"Everyone's favorite Elizabethan entertainment group"
- Portland Press Herald, 10/21/09

The mission of Acorn's Shakespeare Ensemble is to encourage audiences to re-experience Shakespeare's language and imagery . The "Naked Shakespeare" series showcases the Bard's text through performances presented without sets, lights and costumes, allowing the audience's imagination to take center stage.





MIDSUMMER MERRIMENT

Naked Shakespeare’s sumptuous feast of words and victuals
at the Inn on Peaks Island

6 p.m. - Sonnets and Soliloquies

accompanied by dinner

7 p.m. - Scene performances


Admission $10 ($5 kids 12 and under)
click here to purchase tickets
dinner not included in ticket price - you may attend the performance without purchasing dinner

SCHEDULE B

Monday, August 9
Wednesday, August 18

As You Like It - 4.1
All's Well that Ends Well - 1.1
Henry IV, part one - 2.4
Midsummer's Night Dream - 5.1
Twelfth Night - 1.5
Twelfth Night - 2.3
The Tempest - 3.2

SCHEDULE C

Wednesday, August 25
Wednesday, Sept. 8

Schedule of scenes TBA

THE ACORN SHAKESPEARE ENSEMBLE

Directors
Michael Howard
Michael Levine

2010/11 Members
Keith Anctil
Harlan Baker
Karen Ball
Seth Berner
Corey Gagne
Maggie Gish
Laura Graham
Paul Haley
Chris Hoffmann
Patricia Mew
Deborah Paley
Grania Power
Joe Quinn
Julia Reddy
Jeffrey Roberts
Benedetto Robinson
Stephanie Ross
April Singley
Johnny Speckman
Nate Speckman
Randall Tuttle
Rachael Weinstein
Eric Worthley

SONNETS AND SOLILOQUIES

returns to Monument Square

mark your calendars now for this very special event


Mon, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

Admission $10

(includes complimentary hors d'oeuvres)

THE 2010/11 SEASON

Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Michael Howard
Coriolanus, directed by Harlan Baker
Cymbeline, direced by Michael Levine


all productions will be abridged to approximately 90 minutes running time

YOUNG ACTORS SHAKESPEARE CONSERVATORY

directed by Michael Levine and Karen Ball

Our eight-month training program for teen actors is now accepting students for the 2010/11 season

click here for more info or to register

spaces are filling fast, so don't delay!

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Naked Shakespeare in performance at the Wine Bar

PART 1


PART 2

ATTENTION NAKED SHAKESPEARE FANS


Help us continue our work by making a donation to our annual campaign. Naked Shakespeare is produced by Acorn Productions, a 501(c)3 organization, making your contribution tax-deductible. Thank you!