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Shakespeare & Company Presents Will 444 Bash - April 11, 2008
LENOX — A party like this only happens once every 444 years.
Shakespeare & Company is using the birthday of its namesake as the inspiration for a merry, informal, fun-drenched party—including the chance to win an amazing vacation package.
The Will 444 party will rock Josie’s Place Café and Founders’ Theatre on Wednesday, April 23 from 6pm until 10pm. The evening includes Elizabethan-inspired food, cash bar, live music, birthday cake for all, and a one-time-only performance called All Things Will. The evening includes a raffle drawing highlighted by a trip for two to London, where William Shakespeare penned and first produced some of the greatest works composed in English or any other language.
The grand prize package includes airfare for two and a two-night stay at London’s exclusive Claridge’s Hotel. The second prize is an autumn weekend retreat in Lenox, great for out-of-towners or locals who could use a chance to take a break and enjoy the Berkshires with fresh eyes. This prize includes accommodations for two on Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday the 8th, dinner for two at Aster’s Steakhouse on Saturday night, and two of the best seats in the house for The Canterville Ghost at Shakespeare & Company. The third prize is a Shakespeare finger puppet!
All ages are welcome to this bash. Tickets for the entire evening, including pre-show food, All Things Will, and post-show dessert party are $25. Tickets for just the performance and post-show party are $10. Raffles tickets are $10 each. All tickets are available in advance at www.shakespeare.org or by calling the Box Office at (413) 637-3353, or at the door. Advance tickets are recommended but not required. Raffle ticket-holders must be present to claim prizes.
The party will include wandering troubadours, spontaneous sonnets, and other surprises. All Things Will is a loose, playful, humorous romp. It will include a piece specially prepared for the occasion by Shakespeare & Company Founder and Artistic Director Tina Packer as well as a live performance by Albany-based band Citizen Genet including a new rock adaptation of “Willow,” the legendary song from Othello.
It will also include excerpts from two new plays appearing at Shakespeare & Company this season—Theresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates (performed by Elizabeth Aspenlieder) and Christine Whitley’s The Goatwoman of Corvis County, which will make its world premiere at Shakespeare & Company’s new Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre this summer. All Things Will also features an excerpt of the rapid-fire tour through Shakespeare’s work, life and times called Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped A World.
Swordplay and wordplay are expected. Please check all slings, arrows, knives, poisons and treachery at the door.
The party schedule is: 6pm-7pm — Elizabethan food with cash bar, 7:15-8:15 — All Things Will, 8:15-10:00 — The party continues with dessert (birthday cake!), music provided by our house DJ, and a cash bar. The raffle drawing is at 9pm. Raffle tickets are on sale throughout the evening. |
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