Friday, September 24, 2010

Welcome to the Elizabethan Theatre

Well, it's been a busy summer doing our "volunteer" thing !! We work the information table every Saturday night for the Green Show......some evenings we're either ushering for the Shakespeare productions in the Elizabethan or doing set-up and take-down for performers at the Green Show. We've enjoyed being involved and have met some very interesting people from many different places.....especially California.
This is the concession area of the Elizabethan. We've been fortunate to acquire free tickets this season and have seen Henry the IV, Hamlet, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Merchant of Venice, and this Sunday we're seeing 12th Night.
This is the inside of our open air Shakespeare Theatre, first one built in the United States. Designed after the Globe Theatre in London, which was built in 1599, where Shakespeare plays were originally performed. Preparing scenery for "Twelfth Night".
It's an awesome theatre with a capacity of 1400.....and most of the performances are sold out all summer. In addition there are two other indoor theatres that have afternoon and evening performances of Shakespeare and other contemporary plays as well. Needless to say Ashland is a very busy place in the summer.
Per taking a break one evening after setting up the stage for "Folklorico" a dance group from Mexico.

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