2010 Performance Calendar

during Othello

Wednesday, August 4 – Local Poet John Hartness

John Hartness is a Charlotte poet with work published in Charlotte Viewpoint, Red Dirt Review, and many other literary magazines.  A frequent performer with Story Slam Charlotte and Just Do It, his poems are both heartfelt and amusing, providing an opportunity for audiences to see life through the eyes of a self-proclaimed “overeducated redneck.”

 

Thursday, August 5 – Lauren Rantala

Lauren Rantala is an eighteen-year-old singer who writes songs like she drinks diet coke: probably too much.

 

Friday, August 6 – Fiona McAllister

Enjoy music from the Middle Ages captured by song catchers from the British Isles.  Fiona McAllister, recording artist and competition champion, plays haunting selections on a 96 stringed hammered dulcimer, a parlor instrument from the 1100’s to 1500’s and precursor to the piano. 

 

Saturday, August 7 (matinee and evening) – Ananda

Ananda is a magical merger of Celtic, classical, and new age providing a moving musical experience for all ages.  The piano and violin duo performs unique original compositions and familiar favorites, reaching a variety of listeners and setting a perfect musical mood.

 

Sunday, August 8 – Fiona McAllister

Enjoy music from the Middle Ages captured by song catchers from the British Isles.  Fiona McAllister, recording artist and competition champion, plays haunting selections on a 96 stringed hammered dulcimer, a parlor instrument from the 1100’s to 1500’s and precursor to the piano. 

 

Wednesday, August 11 – Funny Bone Improv

Funny Bone Improv (FBI) performs a unique style of improv; their hilarious games are based on your 15th century suggestions. One game even pits the Audience VS the FBI team in a Shakespearean duel.  Come see why FBI has sold out every show in 2010.

 

Thursday, August 12 – Robot Johnson

Local sketch comedy group Robot Johnson is influenced by the likes of Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, The State, etc. Join them as they apply their unique brand of comedy to a Shakespeare-themed show.

 

Friday, August 13 – The Cloers

The Cloers are an acoustic duo from North Carolina.  Their strong pop melodies, Cate’s county-rock vocals, and John’s percussive guitar style earned them a Regional Artist Grant from the Arts and Science Council and a 2010 Charlotte Music Award.

 

Saturday, August 14 (Matinee) -- Lauren Rantala

Lauren Rantala is an eighteen-year-old singer who writes songs like she drinks diet coke: probably too much.

 

Saturday, August 14 (Evening) -- PJ Brunson

PJ is an award-winning songwriter who has opened for the likes of Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, and the Charlotte Symphony. She has been performing her brand of acoustic music for many years in the Charlotte area and her shows offers something for all ages.

 

Sunday, August 15 – Robot Johnson

Local sketch comedy group Robot Johnson is influenced by the likes of Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, The State, etc. Join them as they apply their unique brand of comedy to a Shakespeare-themed show.

 

during The Comedy of Errors

All Festivities performances begin approximately one hour before the main show.

 

Friday, June 4 – Susan Vinson Sherlock

Susan Vinson Sherlock tells ancient stories through ballads and songs and shares her music on more than a hundred hammered dulcimer strings.

 

Saturday, June 5 – Charlotte Waites

Music of the ages, for all ages!  Enjoy the melodious cornetto, raucous shawm, rude curtal, strident hurdy gurdy and other musical peculiarities of the Renaissance, accompanied by the diminutive Planchette dancers!

 

Sunday, June 6 – Mama Casey

Mama Casey is a seasoned story-teller that will take you to far away and enchanting places with her stories of culture and life.  Specializing is African and African-American folktales, her mission is to preserve the oral tradition of storytelling.

 

Wednesday, June 9 – Trivia Night with the Chuckleheads

Charlotte’s “bardiest” comedy troupe brings their heavy duty audience participation improv show to the Festivities!  Get ready to offer suggestions, be part of the entertainment, and laugh…a lot!

 

Thursday, June 10 – Greenshow  (performed by the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival interns)

The hard-working festival interns have created a show just for you.  It’s fast!  It’s funny!  And you just might learn something too!

 

Friday, June 11 – Greenshow (performed by the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival interns)

The hard-working festival interns have created a show just for you.  It’s fast!  It’s funny!  And you just might learn something too!

 

Saturday, June 12 – Carrie Marshall

Pop jazz singer/songwriter, Carrie Marshall, recently moved to Charlotte from Music City, USA.  As a recording artist, she has performed with such talent as guitarist Phil Keaggy and hit songwriter, Tom Douglas (writer of recent #1 country single, “I Run to You”).  Carrie’s own song “When Love was Green’ was a semi-finalist in BBC’s 2008 songwriting competition.

 

Sunday, June 13 – Carolina Clowns

CAROLINA CLOWNS INC. proudly celebrates 53 years of service to Charlotte and the surrounding communities in 2010.  The organization is a charitable, nonsectarian, nonprofit group of volunteers coming together to put on grease paint, red noses, funny shoes and costumes and to unselfishly give of themselves.  Don’t miss the clown fun when they join the Festivities!

 

Wednesday, June 16 – Trivia Night with the Chuckleheads  

Charlotte’s “bardiest” comedy troupe brings their heavy duty audience participation improv show to the Festivities!  Get ready to offer suggestions, be part of the entertainment, and laugh…a lot!

 

Thursday, June 17 – Carrie Marshall

Pop jazz singer/songwriter, Carrie Marshall, recently moved to Charlotte from Music City, USA.  As a recording artist, she has performed with such talent as guitarist Phil Keaggy and hit songwriter, Tom Douglas (writer of recent #1 country single, “I Run to You”).  Carrie’s own song “When Love was Green’ was a semi-finalist in BBC’s 2008 songwriting competition.

 

Friday, June 18 – PJ Brunson

 PJ is an award-winning songwriter who has opened for the likes of Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, and the Charlotte Symphony. She has been performing her brand of acoustic music for many years in the Charlotte area and her shows offers something for all ages.

 

Saturday, June 19 – Charlotte Waites

Music of the ages, for all ages!  Enjoy the melodious cornetto, raucous shawm, rude curtal, strident hurdy gurdy and other musical peculiarities of the Renaissance, accompanied by the diminutive Planchette dancers!

 

Sunday, June 20 – Susan Vinson Sherlock

Susan Vinson Sherlock tells ancient stories through ballads and songs and shares her music on more than a hundred hammered dulcimer strings.

 

 

 

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