Atlanta Shakespeare Company and DeKalb County have teamed up to launch “A Shakespeare Happening,” a new fall series of three outdoor Shakespeare events to be held on Avondale Estates’ Town Green.
Each of the three events — Saturday, Oct. 11 and Nov. 13 — will begin at 2 p.m. with a playful and interactive family-friendly show, followed by live performances by musicians in the Atlanta Shakespeare Company and a 4 p.m. staging of excerpts from the company’s adult Shakespearean plays.
On Saturday, the series will kick off with “Tempest Jr.,” a kid-friendly, 45-minute version of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”
Atlanta Shakespeare Company and DeKalb County have teamed up to launch “A Shakespeare Happening,” a new fall series of three outdoor Shakespeare events to be held on Avondale Estates’ Town Green.
Each of the three events — Saturday, Oct. 11 and Nov. 13 — will begin at 2 p.m. with a playful and interactive family-friendly show, followed by live performances by musicians in the Atlanta Shakespeare Company and a 4 p.m. staging of excerpts from the company’s adult Shakespearean plays.
On Saturday, the series will kick off with “Tempest Jr.,” a kid-friendly, 45-minute version of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”
“It’s a great play for kids. Its main character is a wizard,” said Kati Grace Brown, associate director of education sales for the Atlanta Shakespeare Company. “It’s got puppets. It’s got live sound effects. … It’s a really engaging way for us to teach young audiences that Shakespeare isn’t scary or stuffy. They can understand it.”
