Shakespeare Tavern Presents 'Ded Bob's Shakespeare Comedy Spectacular' 5/20-30

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern Presents Ded Bob's Shakespeare Comedy Spectacular!

Celebrating 20 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Peachtree Street!

Ded Bob's Shakespeare Comedy Spectacular
Directed by Jeffrey Watkins and Clark Orwick
$12 General Admission Preview May 20
May 21-30, 2010
Ded Bob: Insult comedian, unsuccessful hypnotist, gentle lover. This master of the macabre will "Bobmatize" you into enjoying a night full of magic, music and two of our hilarious "Shakespeare's Shorts." You do not want to miss this event!Only 8 performances of this Elizabethan Vaudeville!

The run-down of the evening:
+Magic with Jeff Watkins

+Ded Bob Sing-a-long
Smuj: Clark Orwick

+Musical Interlude
Singers: Half Pint: Rivka Levin, Becky Cormier Finch
New American Shakespeare Tavern Yodeling Troupe Of Occasional
Troubadours (or NASTY TOOTs): J. Tony Brown*, Andrew Houchins*,
Clarke Weigle, Becky Cormier-Finch, Rivka Levin

+Ded Bob Mind-Reading

+Shakespeare Short:
The Tragical Death of Hamlet and His Entire Family
Cast
Hamlet - Andrew Houchins*
Marcellus/Gertrude/Polonius - Clarke Weigle
Horatio/Player - Nicholas Faircloth
Bernardo/Ophelia/Osric - Matt Nitchie
Soldier/Claudius/Ghost - Troy Willis*

Act 2
+Ded Bob's Story Time Theater

+Shakespeare Short:
The Bloody Horrible Mass Stabbing and Messy Death of Julius Caesar
Cast
Cobbler/Malodorous - Troy Willis*
Calphurnia/Nebulus/Soothsayer - Nicholas Faircloth
Antony - Matt Nitchie
Brutus - Clark Orwick
Cassius - Andrew Houchins*

Not suitable for a lot of people, but mostly kids under 12.

Join the cast and crew members for a Question and Answer session on Sunday May 23 after the show!

Director's Note:
Clark Orwick, the man, the myth, the smell. He was one of the original members of The Atlanta Shakespeare Company in the 1980's. He built the first Tavern stage when we moved into our current space 20 years ago. He created Ded Bob shortly thereafter and he has spent the past two decades performing his pseudo-ventriloquist act at Renaissance Faires all over the country. He got so popular he had to train other actors to play Ded Bob; he now only performs as Bob a few times a year. We are very happy he will once again be a part of the company for two weeks in May. Listen to a very-laid-back Clark tell the story of how Bob came to "death" here.

Ded Bob is a spicy-tongued skeleton who loves the ladies, singing parodies of famous songs, telling stories and making fun of dumb people. Find out more about him here.

In the late 80's, Clark and Artistic Director Jeff Watkins wrote what came to be known as the Shakespeare's Shorts: twenty-minute send-up versions of Shakespeare's most popular plays. As Jeff describes them: "It's like a couple of village idiots went to see a Shakespeare play, came back home and tried to perform what they saw for the other villagers. That's how we wrote them. The Reduced Shakespeare Company did the same thing and eventually created the very successful The Complete Works of William Shakespeare {abridged}. Man I could have made a lot of money if I had done what Clark suggested and taken the Shorts to college campuses all over the country. I'm sorry, Clark." The Shorts were performed to packed "houses" at the Georgia Renaissance Festival for a few seasons in the early 90's.

While only two of the Shorts will be performed during Ded Bob's Shakespeare Comedy Spectacular, we have a feeling you'll get to see them all performed on our stage in the near future. -Jeff Watkins, Artistic Director
 

Performance days & times: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, and Sundays at 6:30 PM.

Ticket Prices:

Seating areas: Main Floor Seats, Box Seats (on floor) and Balcony Seats

Regular Ticket Prices:
Thurs night:
Main: $20
Box: $17
Balcony: $12

Friday night:
Main: $28
Box: $24
Balcony: $22

Saturday night:
Main: $32
Box: $28
Balcony: $24

Sunday night:
Main: $24
Box: $20
Balcony: $15

An 8% sales tax is added on top of all purchases made at The Shakespeare Tavern.

Discount Ticket Options: $12 tickets for Previews Student/Educator prices: $5 off per price level per night except in the Balcony on Thursdays and Sundays. Not valid on Saturday nights. $3 off for Military, Seniors, Groups of 10 or more, except in the Balcony on Thursdays and Sundays. Promotional discount offers are not valid closing weekend of a performance.

Purchase Tickets Online for most performances at www.shakespearetavern.com

For information on:
The Shakespeare Club Program and Flex Pass: call or email The Tavern Box Office at 404.874.5299 or boxoffice@shakespearetavern.com or visit our website at www.shakespearetavern.com

Education Programs and Workshops: call or email Laura Cole, Education Director at 404-874-5299, X58 or laura@shakespearetavern.com

Volunteer Opportunities: call or email Suzanne Mercer, Volunteer Coordinator at
404-874-5299, X59 or suzanne@shakespearetavern.com

Accessibility and The Shakespeare Tavern: The Shakespeare Tavern is handicapped accessible. Please let the box office know if you have any special needs that we should be aware of in order to make your Shakespeare Tavern experience the very best we can. Our handicapped entrance ramp/parking is located directly behind our building. Once you turn onto Renaissance Parkway from Peachtree Street, you will turn right onto Courtland Street. The Tavern's back entrance will be immediately on your right once you clear the building on the corner and the traffic poles. The turn comes up quickly, so please drive slowly. Handicapped parking is directly in front of the ramp, behind our building.

Location: The New American Shakespeare Tavern is located at 499 Peachtree Street, NE, just four blocks south of The Fox Theater and directly across the street from Emory University Hospital Midtown.

Parking: In the evening, we recommend parking in the Emory University Hospital Midtown Parking Deck located directly across the street from the front doors of The Shakespeare Tavern on Peachtree Street. Bring your ticket stub to the parking lot attendant at the end of the night and get a discounted parking price. (Regular parking price is $7; discounted price is $4 WITH TICKET STUB!)

We also recommend parking in the InterPark Parking lot, located on the corner of Peachtree and Renaissance Parkway. This is a paid surface lot that should be attended. Parking is usually $5-$7.

DO NOT park on Pine Street or in the empty parking lots on Pine Street. Your car might be booted if you park in these lots.

Food and Beverage Service: The Tavern opens one hour and fifteen minutes before the performance for food and beverage service. Chef for a Night provides a British-pub-style menu for dinner. The Tavern has a beer, wine, coffee, tea, and soft drink bar that serves Bass and Guinness on tap.

Seating and Box Office: Seating is done on a "first come, first served" basis within each designated section. Table seating is limited however all seats can accommodate food and beverages. For reservations or more information, call or email The Tavern Box Office at 404.874.5299 or boxoffice@shakespearetavern.com or order tickets on-line at www.shakespearetavern.com

The Shakespeare Tavern is a registered 501 ( C ) 3 non-profit organization and is a member of The Actor's Equity Association, the professional union of actors and stage managers.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company (ASC) at The New American Shakespeare Tavern is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Major support is provided by the Fulton County Commission under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council. Major support also is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. But, PRIMARILY, ASC is funded through the generous support provided by people just like you through the Shakespeare Club, the Royals and the Exceptions.