Theatre
The Great Shakespeare Showdown
Preview · Fri 7 Aug – Sat 8 Aug2 for 1 · Mon 10 Aug – Tue 11 Aug8+
Draw your quills, sharpen your wits and polish your pickaxes for the Great Shakespeare Showdown! Cheer, hiss and boo with the silver miners of Leadville, Colorado through this highfalutin verbal duel as the acclaimed Shakespeareans and renowned thespians, England’s Sir Charles GoodKnight and America’s Mrs. Twelvetrees, do battle using Shakespeare’s own words to be crowned The Wild West’s Best Bard 1882.
Content warnings: Audience participation, More information Audiences are encouraged to cheer their favorite and boo the opposition. Audience may also be asked to take on the characters of certain Leadville dignitaries. Recorded gun shot.