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Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project
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Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Austin TX, focused on uniting classical texts with a contemporary community through innovative & accessible productions, social events, and educational opportunities. Come see our shows!
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Looking for a fun cool thing to do Monday? Come join @walkingshadowshakespeare.com for our Friends, Romans, Countrymen multilingual event!
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Looking for a few more readers on Monday 4/7 at 6pm US central to help us out!

We are testing the first cut of our Caesar & Antony & Cleopatra mashup conflated timeline script. If you or anyone you know might be interested in hopping on, please reach out!
April 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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WE ARE SO BACK.

Protest too Much relaunched this morning in a timely fashion, with @futurexskeleton and @crugglez and the stars aligning to release this right after the new @theamazingrace season premiere!

Who would win? Listen and cast your vote with a comment!

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Episode 12.8: the amazing race. Guest: Mike Crugnola. @futurexskeleton. A black and white photo of Mike as hamlet on a blue gradient background
March 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This #amplifyaustin , consider supporting Walking Shadow’s efforts to bring Shakespeare to our community that actually reflects, represents, and relates to our current community.
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www.amplifyatx.org/organization...
90s tv static over a purple and blue gradient background. Text: walking shadow Shakespeare project is made possible by contributions from viewers like you. Our dog, a 60lb brown pitbull is wearing an Elizabethan ruff. The amplify Austin logo is on the bottom.
March 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We love you with so much of our hearts that none is left to protest!

Find a Shakesbabe to squeeze this Valentine’s Day 🩵
A pink background with five hearts containing photos from our shows: clockwise Ophelia and hamlet kissing, troilus and Cressida kissing, Macbeth and lady Macbeth scheming, Claudius and Gertrude kissing, Juliet and Romeo smiling at each other.
February 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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We just drove to the theatre & out to different parts of town to test the roads for ourselves, & things are looking great:

We will be proceeding with our closing night tonight as scheduled!
a photo of Chelsea Manasseri as King Claudius, welcoming you to raise a glass at tonight's performance of Hamlet; next to her is Leah Luna as Queen Gertrude, looking pleased to deliver the good news of the night. :)
January 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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We have <25 tickets left for our last performances of Hamlet at Sterling Stage in #AustinTX! Tomorrow (1/14) & 1/21! Come out & see an immersive, collaboratively directed production with some of the absolute best actors/humans in Central TX. Feel emotions! $10!

tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/hamlet
a poster advertising Hamlet, showing the company name at the top (Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project), then an image of a smartphone with a cracked screen [with a secret skull shape!], a dead battery indicator [with a secret Danish flag!], and a crown cellphone charm. It shows the dates of the show (14th and 21st of January remaining), the time of the show (7:30pm), and the cost ($10.) It also shows that the event is at Sterling Stage Austin, and shows our website URL: https://www.walkingshadowshakespeare.com Finally, at the bottom is the text "hamlet" stylized in lowercase - behind it is the ghostly image of HAMLET in all caps. Next to the title of the show is an image mark signifying this production is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department!
January 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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After the folks who braved Thursday's weather, Friday's packed house, & last night's sold out performance of Hamlet, we got *really* incredible feedback from our audiences. Tonight we're sold out again; 2 more opportunities to see a show audiences are LOVING: tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/hamlet
a screenshot of @japneetk13 and @_milxk_'s IG stories - that says "@wsshakes put on an absolutely phenomenal production of hamlet" with the little smiling face w/ tears in its eyes emoji. and then another caption that says "Peak cinema" with the mind-blown emoji. Japneet was here on vacation and decided to pop in and see what was up! This is a screenshot of a @wsshakes instagram post; it's of a picture of the Hamlet show poster designed by Cody Arn with a sticker that says "SOLD OUT (she's popular)". The caption at the top says "Tonight an audience member none of us knew told us this is the single best adaptation of Hamlet he's ever seen. A moment like that is so surprising, overwhelming, and priceless. With this collaboratively directed experiment we built something that we are so proud of, and the fact that our work is translating to audiences is so special. Thank you to everyone who ahs to come see the show so far - we're sold out for Sunday, so make sure to get your 1/14 and 1/21 tickets!!"
January 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Come party with us?
crugglez.bsky.social Crugglez @crugglez.bsky.social · Dec 23
I just finished a first cut of henry vi.i - got it down to 24 tracks and HOPEFULLY a tight 2 hrs.

Planning a test read over zoom on Fri 12/27 from 3-6pm central for anyone interested!

tinyurl.com/henry6read
A lisa frank tiger in the background with the text in Barbie font that reads “hello come and read a Shakespeare play with us! Join us for a test read of our one rehearsal show, henry 6. Fri 12/27, 3-6pm” A Tim Burton background with the text in scratch font that reads “come and read a Shakespeare play! Join us for a test read of our one rehearsal show, henry 6. Fri 12/27, 3-6pm”
December 23, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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"Hey is the schedule off, or are you actually doing three Tuesday night shows?"

We are! We want to make sure everybody in the Austin area gets a chance to come out to see our production of Shakespeare's Hamlet! for tickets:

tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/hamlet
An infographic for our production of Hamlet; it says: Why Tuesday Night shows? Part of our mission is to continuously question and challenge traditional theatre practices. Weekend shows cater to M-F 9-5 work schedules, leaving fewer entertainment options for service workers, artists, and people on different schedules. We're hoping our show schedule offers everyone the chance to catch a night that works best for them! (Underneath that is our logo, a WS inside a badge/stamp, and the text of our Company name, "Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project"; next to that is the Austin Economic Development Department logo and mark)
December 16, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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Hamlet tickets are on sale!

This immersive, small cast show is being collaboratively directed by the ensemble, in an exciting new experimental process we've been crafting just for this production!

tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/hamlet

#austin #shakespeare #theatre
The cast of Hamlet - 11 artists - sitting on and around a white couch in front of a blue wall. They all look very serious. The text 'hamlet' is in the front in white, with a ghost shadow behind it.
December 10, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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Not just for #atx , but if we were your local #shakespeare theatre too, what would you want to see us produce?

What’s missing from the Shaxworld that you’re hoping for?

And especially for non-Austin folks, what digital offerings would you hope to have access to?
Blue wallpaper style background with the walking shadow logo up top and the questions: “what do you want to see us produce? Which Shakespeare plays? Shakespeare spinoffs? Workshop topics? Community events?”
December 6, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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#GivingTuesday has come so fast, but to quote Billy Shakes himself, "if it be now, 'tis not to come."

There are so many benefits to working at different parks, theatres, & found spaces across Austin for our shows, but we have to fit our ticket check-in & merch set up to those spaces.
it's the "change my mind" meme of a guy sitting at a table, but it's the head of our cartoon William Shakespeare, Billy Shakes, and the sign says "WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS MERCH SETUP, Change my mind." Highlighted are a real cash box, a donations box, and a merch stand we can collapse and take with us to all the places we do our shows.
December 3, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Tony ruined my shot (jk I was too impatient to wait for him to sort out the backdrop) but LOOK HOW SICK the @walkingshadowshakespeare.com photobooth looked last night! SO much fun hanging out and hearing Hamlet's iconic "To Be..." monologue in so many different languages!
a picture of me from the Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project photobooth at our To Be or Not To Be event last night - I'm wearing my WSSP soccer jersey, and Tony's in the background futzin' around w/ the banner.
December 3, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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Hi #Austin!

We’re so excited to be on BlueSky, and so excited to be hosting a FREE community event tonight at the ZACH!

You’ll get to hear Hamlet’s To Be Or Not To Be speech in different languages by bilingual Austin performers!

Hope to see you there!

tickets.atxtheatre.org/events/2b-x2...
A pastel block graphic background with a navy square in the middle. The text reads: 2B / X2B: a multilingual mixer celebrating the universality of Shakespeare’s words. Details of the event are below: Monday 12/2, 7pm, free admission. A pastel graphic background with 8 headshots of our featured performers. A pastel graphic background with Polaroid-style frames featuring our community partners who donated raffle items: mantis massage, Austin fc, Texas stars, reverie books, Austin spurs, and myo Austin.
December 2, 2024 at 8:32 PM