Now you can order your favorite loved one a personalized sonnet, delivered in person or electronically on Valentine’s day.

Your parents send flowers…you need to send that wench (or gent) a SONNET!

For additional information and to place an order email info@theshakespearefactory.com

Personalized Sonnet delivery ($80)

includes:   One sonnet (choose from 4 classics!) performed live,in-person, by a costumed Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Company Member

You can select: Female performer;  Male performer;  Cross-dressed: Female in breeches, looking fierce; Cross-dressed: Male in a corset, looking fabulous

One souvenir sonnet proclamation (printed copy of the sonnet performed and additional text of sender’s choice, up to 150 words)

Details: Location of sonnet delivery must be within 10 miles of Baltimore City.

After Purchase, you will be contacted to provide name of recipient, address of location where you’d like the  sonnet to be delivered, and any additional information on the location  (Examples: need to sign in at front desk, dog on premises, use side  door, etc.) Select from available time slots: 10am - 4pm and 6pm -9pm. Female Male Cross-dressed: Female in breeches, looking fierce Cross-dressed: Male in a corset, looking fabulous

Add ons (for Sonnet delivery only):

A bottle of Boordy vineyards wine (white or red) $15

Valentine’s Day mixed bouquet $25

Electronic sonnet delivery ($15) includes:

One sonnet performed by a costumed Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Company  Member sent via email or password-protected video link directly to your loved one on February 14th, 2013. The performer will also perform a personalized  introduction to the sonnet, as provided by the sender  (up to 250 words) .

Select one performer from the following: Female performer; Male performer; Cross-dressed: Female in breeches, looking fierce; Cross-dressed: Male in a corset, looking fabulous

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Hamlet: July 12 – August 4

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: August 2- 25

The Tempest : November 8 – December 22

An Original Holiday Panto: December 6-29

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Auditions are scheduled on the following dates:

Sunday, October 28 — 3:00 to 6:00 pm
Monday, October 29 — 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Sunday, November 4 — 3:00 to 6:00 pm
Monday, November 5 — 6:00 to 9:00 pm

Auditions do not require a monologue. You will be asked to read from scenes with other actors.

Headshots and resumes are welcome, but not necessary.

Auditions will be held at:
St. Mary’s Outreach Center Theatre
3900 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211

All roles are open and non-union.
The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory is a professional company and all roles are paid a small stipend.

BSF’s 2013 Season is as follows:
Spring Show

ROMEO & JULIET

(All shows will be performed at St. Mary’s Outreach Center.)

Text work to be held on January 26th and 27^th, 2013.

Rehearsals will begin on February 23^rd, 2013 and will run through April 4^th, 2013.

Rehearsals are scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm until 10pm and on Saturdays from 10am until 4pm, except for tech week.

Performance Dates: April 5, 2013 through April 28^th, 2013 (Most performances are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, however 2 matinee performances are scheduled for 10 am on Wednesday, April 10^th and Wednesday, April 17th).

Summer Shows

(Most summer performances will be outdoors at Evergreen Museum & Library. A few shows will be performed indoors at St. Mary’s.)

HAMLET

Text work to be held on May 11^th and May 12^th, 2013.

Rehearsals will begin on May 28th, 2013 and will run through July 11^th, 2013.

Rehearsals are scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm until 10pm and on Saturdays from 10am until 4pm, except for tech week.

Performance Dates: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from July 12^th-August 4th.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Text work to be held on June 8^th and June 9^th, 2013.

Rehearsals will begin on June 21st, 2013 and will run through August 1^st, 2013.

Rehearsals are scheduled on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7pm until 10pm and on Saturdays from 10am until 4pm, except for tech week.

Performance Dates: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from August 2^nd through August 25th.

Contact Jenn Mikulski at jenn@theshakespearefactory.com to schedule an audition slot or with any audition-related questions or concerns.

PLAY ON!!

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A day of Halloween events for children and adults!

(for additional information contact us at info@theshakespearefactory.com or 410-218-1479)

ShakesFEARe Community Open House:
The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory cordially invites you to our ShakesFEARe Community Open House

The Open House is sponsored in part by:

From 12-4 we’re opening our theatre for a family-friendly FREE Halloween event.

• Featuring exciting activities including:
  - Games and Prizes! (ongoing)
  - Crafts and Face Painting! (ongoing)
  - Dog/Owner Costume Contest w/ prizes! (12:30)

- Stage Combat Demonstrations! (1:00 & 3:00)

- Shakespearean Insult Lesson (1:30)

- Zumba Lesson to Thriller (2:00)

- Kids’ Costume Contest with More Prizes! (2:30)
- Punch and Judy Puppet Show (3:30)

Plus, meet Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Company Members and learn about our exciting 2013 season of performances and our upcoming events for kids (including FunFest Saturdays, Touchstone Players Productions for students, and Holiday and Summer Workshops).

ShakesFEARe Halloween Masque:

The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory invites you to “Delight in Masques and Revels” at our 1st annual Halloween ShakesFEARe Bash! Sorry kids, adults only!
8pm – the witching hour… (that’s Midnight!)

$15 Admission (includes your first drink)
$35 VIP Admission (includes unlimited beer, wine, and soft drinks, VIP area with premium snacks and servers – aka beer wenches)

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets

Featuring:
- Wine by Boordy,Beer by Flying Dog,
- Music & Dancing
- Raffles

- Baltimore Shakespeare Factory actors will be playing dress-up for some truly unique

performances of scenes from the Bard’s best-known works. (9:00)

- Costume Contest with Prizes (10:00)

* Free Fall Baltimore we deeply appreciates the support of our donors and media sponsors who make Free Fall Baltimore possible.  Special thanks goes to Susquehanna Bank, The Abell Foundation, Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support provided by American Trading and Production Corporation and the Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation.

 Free Fall media partners are The Baltimore Sun, The Urbanite, The Jewish Times, Style Magazine, City Paper, The Afro-American Newspaper, The Daily Record, Peabody Magazine, Maryland Public Television, WBAL, WJZ, Fox 45, CW Baltimore, WMAR, My 24,92Q, Magic 95.9, Spirit 1400,WOLB, WEAA, WYPR, WWMX, and Citypeek.

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Performing at The Great Hall Theatre, St. Mary’s Community Center (3900 Roland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21210)

Nov. 9-11, 16-18

Friday & Saturday – 7:30pm  Sunday – 2:00pm Matinee

*Preshow activities begin 30 minutes prior to Curtain

Tickets $20/Adults      $15/Seniors, Students Grade6+          FREE/Students Grade 5 & below

Pre-purchase discount available online

Performing at Boordy Vineyards (please contact Boordy directly for Tickets – http://www.boordy.com )

Dec. 2, 9, 16        Sunday – 2:00pm

Pre-show entertainment begins at 1:00

The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Players are proud to present The Two Gentleman of Verona! Considered to be one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, it tells the tale of best friends Proteus and Valentine and the women they love (Julia and Silvia.) It employs some of Shakespeare’s best comic devices- a woman dressed as a boy; well meaning, but not very bright servants; disapproving parents; and a group of outlaws with hearts of gold. It also includes one of Shakespeare’s unlikeliest love stories- the love between a man (the servant Launce) and his dog, Crab (portrayed in this production by various adoptable dogs from the Baltimore Humane Society.)

This show is Baltimore Shakespeare Factory’s Annual Ensemble Experiment. For this production the company not only recreates the performance conditions of Shakespeare’s day, but the rehearsal conditions as well!  The actors gather, WITHOUT a Director, for only 5 rehearsals before the show opens. The audience is armed with tomatoes (of the stress ball variety) to throw should the actors forget their lines! Featuring the Factory’s signature audience interaction and attention to Shakespeare’s language, the Players’ version of Two Gents is sure to entertain all ages!

The Fine print:

The Shakespeare Factory is a member fund of The Community Foundation of Carroll County, and a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.  Baltimore Shakespeare Factory programming is sponsored in part by the MD State Arts Council.

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Performed by Company Member Ann Turiano

Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm  12/7-8,14-15,21-22

2pm Matinee  Sun. 12/9

at The Great Hall Theater ( St. Mary’s Outreach Center – 3900 Roland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21210)

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