*The new production blog is now at http://blog.SLshakespeare.com 

This Hamlet blog is now obsolete! Please visit the above!

RESCHEDULED AND ALL LAND PARCELS REDUCED TO L$1 starting bid. COME!

To kick off this fundraiser, Aberdon Enigma and Fauve Aeon of (Ardentia)Ars has donated 38,976 square meters of double-prim contiguous land in an Azure Island private residential estate. The land can be taken as a whole, or as parcels, with starting bids:

Seth 1 4208m2, 963 prims, L$1510/week tier @ STARTING BID L$1
http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Seth/123/68/61
Seth 2 4416m2, 1010 prims, L$1575/week tier @ STARTING BID L$1
http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Seth/69/59/57
Seth 5 4592m2, 1051 prims, L$1630/week tier @ STARTING BID L$1
http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Seth/31/69/56
Seth 7* 8992m2, 2058 prims, L$2953/week tier @ STARTING BID L$1
http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Seth/197/214/63
Seth 3 16,768m2, 3837 prims, L$5193/week tier @ STARTING BID L$1
http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Seth/82/115/57

Or, if you want all of the above parcels,
ALL: 38,976m2, 8919 prims, L$12,871/week tier @ STARTING BID L$42,000
Note, if the ending bid of the smaller parcels is more than the ending bid of this large parcel,
the large parcel will not be auctioned off as a whole.

)))))))))))))))))) The auction will be LIVE Tuesday 9/23 at high noon SLT. (((((((((((((((((((((((((
at a special location on the land to be auctioned:
http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Seth/97/76/59

But, for those who cannot make it, a silent auction will be in session. Visit the parcel you’re interested in and find the pillar owned by your favorite SLSC-spectator avatar “Ticket Stand.” All donations are accepted and noted, but bid your highest bid to win!

In addition to owning great land for a great cause, winning bidder of each auction will receive a choice of three skins from the SL Shakespeare Company’s SL Globe Theatre Gift Shop. (The runner up will also receive their choice of two skins.)

*Seth 7 also comes with two free Adobe houses created by Azure Island builders!

Please contact Ina Centaur if you’ve any questions. ina.centaur@gmail.com

Photos we like the best will win prizes from the production, such as the Stratocaster seen in a poster in the set or the theatrical skins or components from actor outfits you’ll see on stage in the next two weeks.

Also, the design divides the stage into third’s, naturally according to the Globe Theatre’s stage, as demarcated by the columns. Best seen in visuals, as in this brief clip:

Beginning this Friday, September 12, the Second Life Shakespeare Company (SLSC) presents a modern play to open their Autumn 2008 season. The play, One’s a Pawn of Time, is a fast-paced and clever one-act play about relationship drama that may arise through hasty time travel. Written by Mike Dederian, the play is directed by Rob Knop (Prospero Frobozz in SL) and will feature the voice actors of Second Life residents Jeremy Jester, Lorne Harlequin, Kinji Lockjaw, and Maedin Tureaud.

Performed in Second Life, most of the shows will be free to attend, and audience members will be required to turn on the voice feature in order to hear the dialogue, though microphones must be strictly turned off. Two of the shows, promoted as “very low-lag”, will require a ticket fee to limit the audience size. Set in the confluence of 4 island simulators, the SL Globe theatre is ideally situated to accommodate large audiences and stage performances that are as low-lag as possible. In keeping with SLSC convention, the set, costumes, and avatars are custom-made for the play. Ina Centaur, artistic director at SLSC, confirms the tailoring of details: “The set for the production continues the RL tradition of preserving the structure of the Globe stage in set design and also our SL tradition of extravagance in visuals.”

The custom features of the set continues with innovative on-stage advertising. As this is the first non-Shakespearean play produced by the SLSC, it has provided them a unique opportunity to experiment with interactive and dynamic advertising. Centaur also says, “The set is filled with details and interactive ‘incognito’ advertisements blended into the stage in the form of fake movie and rock band posters, newspapers, books, photos, and magazines, to amuse and inform those who zoom around and explore as only a virtual audience might.” To arrange in-set advertising, contact Ina Centaur directly.

Director Rob Knop has directed in RL, but this will be his directorial debut in Second Life. He has been active in the Hamlet and Twelfth Night productions and got a taste for the possibilites available. He’s also very keen on his choice of play, too: “This play bears some philosophical similarities to Second Life. Second Life combines game-like elements with social interaction and potential for serious creative discourse of real life. The play is light entertainment, with humorous dialog and a somewhat absurd situation, but being about time travel it challenges our assumptions about the linearity of reality… just as having our lives partly in Second Life challenges traditional assumptions about the single-threaded nature of our real-life identities.”

Knop has more than just the actors to prepare; he will also be responsible for immersing the audience in the play. For audience members who choose to participate, he will be able to dynamically direct and move their cameras, real time, following the action as it unfolds. This allows the audience a “hands-free” experience, their view zooming around the stage and focusing on actors and events as necessary. Knop is encouraged by all of the innovative ways in which theatre in SL is expanding and becoming viable entertainment.

Maedin Tureaud, who will play Lucy for several performances, is excited by the prospect of seeing theatre in SL become prominent and well-attended events, and is enthusiastic about the possibilities available. “Theatre in SL is a unique and exciting opportunity to simultaneously reach audiences all over the world, specifically those people who are unwilling or unable to attend real life productions. The virtual stage presents engaging challenges, and this new platform for cultural and artistic events is bound to capture imagination and harness talent in the future as the virtual universe becomes ubiquitous.”

Kinji Lockjaw, who also plays Lucy, is happy to admit that the biggest challenge for her is the fact that it’s her first SL play. She remains positive though, and states, “I’m very excited about […] getting to work under the direction of Prospero and working with such great actors,” a sentiment expressed by the other three actors, as well. The fast-paced dialogue in the play ensures that the actors have achieved a good rapport with each other and will be able to generate energy on the SL stage, a crucial aspect of the real world stage, too.

Opening night performance of One’s a Pawn of Time begins at 7pm SLT on Friday, September 12. Subsequent performances are:

* Saturday, Sept 13 at 11am
* Sunday, Sept 14 at 3pm
* Tuesday, Sept 16, at 1pm
* Fri, Sept 19, at 7pm #
* Sat, Sept 20 at 11am #
* Sun, Sept 21 at 3pm
#Ticket fee assessed

For more information on this and future productions, join the SL Shakespeare Company group in-world.

Advertise *In* The Set of a SL Shakespeare Company ProductionDear Advertiser,

The SL Shakespeare Company's exciting Fall Season 2008 is upon

us, so we're offering you a chance at a unique, innovative, and

interactive advertising opportunity.  We open our season with our

first production of a modern play, and your brand can add to the art

of the custom-designed set and performance. We're offering advertisers

the opportunity to display their brand "inside" the set itself, during

the play, offering advertisers both art and maximum, attentive

exposure!

Our season opens with M. Dedrian's One's A Pawn of Time, a

clever but light one-act play about relationship drama that may arise

through hasty time travel. The temporal paradox is bound to intrigue

and spawn discussions, and the dialogue amuses. A newspaper prop plays

both a major and eye-catching role in this play. The modern set also

allows for the natural presence of magazines and posters. The entire

set features custom created textures, and these decorations that could

potentially feature your brand deserve no less.

=====Special Introductory Pricing (September 2008):

Single Newspaper Prop - This will be our most visible and highly

innovative prop, available for a flat rate of L$100,000 per public

show. Limited supply - inquire ASAP. If you're a publication, this

could be a realistic-looking newspaper custom created from your

content. If you're a creator or other business, the newspaper could

feature headlines on particular products. (For example!)

Magazines in the Set - Your brand will be displayed via a magazine

cover along with several other magazines as part of the set in one of

3 ways per public show:*

    L$5,000 for an "closed-book" front cover (or back cover)

unscripted decoration piece based on your magazine

    L$10,000 for a "face-down open-book" front and back cover

unscripted decoration piece based on your magazine

    L$12,000  for a scripted decoration piece based on your magazine,

that also serves as a magazine dispenser.

Or, for the public show series (at least 4 shows)*

    L$20,000 for an "closed-book" front cover (or back cover)

unscripted decoration piece based on your magazine

    L$30,000 for a "face-down open-book" front and back cover

unscripted decoration piece based on your magazine

    L$35,000 for a scripted decoration piece based on your magazine,

that also serves as a magazine dispenser.

Posters on Wall* - Your brand will be displayed via a poster. Where

possible, we will create a "rock band" poster of your brand (or

something similar) to make it look seamless with the room. But, we are

open to other ideas. These start at L$75,000 per show series for a

poster on a side wall.

*Touch to dispense landmark is provided free of charge on all offers;

all order comes with complimentary graphics design. Touch to IM/load

website is an additional L$5000

If you place your order before 9/7, we'll throw in an extra appearance

in our paid shows. Each show is a solid one-act performance running

for about 45 minutes, with introduction. Each newspaper order comes

with a complimentary custom design that retains your logo, but blends

your brand seamlessly into the aforementioned prop. Magazine and

poster orders can choose from select locations. Touch to dispense

landmark is provided free of charge on all offers.

Our theatre is located in the confluence of 4 island simulators

allowing for up to 400 avatars to be present simultaneously. Many of

them will take photo snapshots of the performance and set, and some

may create fan machinima video's. There's a good chance that your

brand might naturally be seen and immortalized into art in these

indirect exposure. Of course, you're free to take your own photography

and fan machinima video's per the terms dispensed at the production.

Thus, we're projecting passive exposure per live show to be over 1000

active Second Life residents and Internet users, and active exposure

per live show to be over 5000. For more details on our venue, please

visit the LM below or get a web preview at

http://visit.SLshakespeare.com

Proceeds will help support our future and current productions, as well

as the SL Globe Theatre and Shakespeare island sim.

Scheduled shows are Friday @ 7 PM: 9/12 and 9/19, Saturday @ 11 AM:

9/13 and 9/20, Sunday @ 3 PM: 9/14 and 9/21, and Tuesday @ 1 PM: 9/16

(All times are SLT or GMT-7, daylight savings time observed)

Please contact Ina Centaur at ina.centaur@gmail.com with details of

your order. Please have payment prepared prior to contact. Join the SL

Shakespeare Company group for updates or rez and click a sPoster for

notice of the next performance date!

Thank you,

Ina Centaur

P.S. Here's a sneak peek of the empty set before we add books & posters:

(Hint: It fits the Globe Theatre's legendary 2 pillars, 3 door stage

and will be installed available for early public view on Monday 9/9!)P.P.S. Haven't heard of us? Haven't seen us? You're kidding... But,

just in case, here's a sampling of photos from our past productions:

Want more? Flip through our past programs, see our wardrobe from past productions, or ask Ina Centaur for a press pack inworld.

posting on behalf of director Prospero F

OPEN AUDITIONS for “One’s a Pawn of Time” by Mike Dederian

In the Second and Third weeks of Septmber, the SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) will be performing a one-act play about time travel and precarious interpersonal relationships.  This play will be produced by Ina Centaur and Enniv Zarf, and directed by Prospero Frobozz.  We will be holding auditions on two days:

* Saturday, August 2, 2pm SLT
* Wednesday, August 6, 8pm SLT

Auditions will be inside the Globe theater : sLiterary (21, 10, 24) — http://slurl.com/secondlife/sLiterary/21/10/24
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Come to the audition ready to read a short monologue from a modern play.  You will also do cold readings of the play that we’re planning to perform.

The show has three parts, two men (Will and Bill) and one woman (Lucy).  The plan is to cast a primary and an understudy for each part, although each understudy will be scheduled ahead of time to perform in at least one or two performances.

The show will be cast and rehearsals will begin by August 13.  Performances will be on the following days (all times SLT):

* Friday, Sep 12, 7pm
* Saturday, Sep 13, 11am
* Sunday, Sep 14, 3pm
* Tuesday, Sep 16, 1pm
* Friday, Sep 19, 7pm
* Saturday, Sep 20, 11am
* Sunday, Sep 21, 3pm

To add diversity to our season, SLSC Challenge Productions feature modern and non-Shakespearen works as brought to our attention by inhouse members and audience and fans.