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SILVER CITY,NM—DitchSpeare is coming back to Silver City, May 17-20, serving up more hot takes on favorite classical works of Shakespeare and contemporaries with joyful abandon. Ditchspeare received so much support from the community when it premiered last year that the director chose to draw the experiment out into an annual event. “Watch out,” joked director Hallie Harris, “if you feed the actors, they’ll keep showing up for more!”

DitchSpeare performances will be Friday and Saturday May 17 & 18 at 7pm, Sunday, May 19 at 2pm and 6pm, and Monday, May 20th at 6pm in the Big Ditch Park, south of Main Street Plaza, accessed between 6th and 7th streets in downtown Silver City. The show is a pastiche of speeches, poetry, music, improv, and dance from Shakespeare and his contemporaries—such as Lope de Vega and Sor Juana de la Cruz of Spain and Mexico, respectively. The tone is lighthearted and fun with some deeper emotions and some mature themes thrown in. There is some naughty Shakespearean language and some very mild violence (no blood, no guns) and is suitable for most audiences. Be prepared to enjoy time outside. Bring your own lawn chairs, sunscreen, and bug spray, as if you were intending to hang out in the great outdoors. The playing space can be reached most directly via the stairs near the South corner of Main Street Plaza or via the ramp off of Kelley Street.

DitchSpeare 2024

By TheActrix Studio LLC

DitchSpeare 2024

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