Friends, Actors, Shakespeare-Lovers, lend us your voices!
Please join Marin Shakespeare Company for the Shakespeare Sonnet Celebration, as we attempt to
read all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets, joining in world-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of
Shakespeare’s death.
Saturday, April 23
11 – 5 pm
4th Street Plaza, San Rafael at Fourth and Court Streets
Can we do it in just 5 hours? What magic will we weave? And...which sonnet will you read?
The Shakespeare Sonnet Celebration will be an open mic event so members of the public can try
their hand at reading, but as special friends of Shakespeare and Bay Area theater, we particularly
want your voice to be heard.
If you can’t commit now, that’s ok—just come on April 23, but if you can….
___ YES, I can read with you!
___ I want to read Sonnet #________
___ Please choose a sonnet for me
___ I’ll choose my sonnet when I get there that day
You may show up any time, but if you choose a time to read,
you’ll have priority, and we may include you in event publicity.
___ I want to read between 11 am and 12 noon
___ I want to read between 12 noon and 1 pm
___ I want to read between 1 pm and 2 pm
___ I want to read between 2 pm and 3 pm
___ I want to read between 3 pm and 4 pm
___ I want to read between 4 pm and 5 pm
___ I’ll just show up when I can
___ So sorry! I can’t attend. I’ll attend the next one, in the year 2416.
We expect most people will simply read a sonnet or two, but if you’d like to do something special
with your sonnet, let us know so we can feature you in our publicity
___ I’ll be performing a sonnet in a special way (specify):
(as a song, as a rap, as a dance, in a group reading, as Leonard Nimoy, dressed as a bear, in
another language, etc.! Use your imagination!)
We can use volunteers to help with the event!
___ I’m willing to help teach people how to write sonnets
___ I’m willing to help with whatever is needed
Name ___________________________ Phone ________________Email ___________________________
Return no later than March 15 to be included in publicity for the event!
Erin Merritt 415-499-4487, [email protected], P.O. Box 4053, San Rafael 94913