05/29/2026
It's our Spring Annual Fund Drive and our Founding Artistic Director is back to his usual Photoshop Shenanigans to raise some money!
Did you know Shakespeare is going to play in the World Cup?!
It's true!*
A lot of people don’t know this about Shakespeare, but in the years before he became a famous playwright, he was a star Center Forward for what was known in Stratford as The King’s New School. Of course, back then— and this is true**— it was called “Mob Football” and entire villages would compete, often across fields, streets, and rivers. Rules were minimal so, as Shakespeare reminds us:
"The game was “ruffer” in my day!"
Sadly, FIFA’s Ethics Committee has ruled that “Dead men can’t play soccer”. . .
And while even Shakespeare himself readily admits that he is in fact “technically dead*”, his legacy is alive and well at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse!
In fact, the Atlanta Shakespeare Company presents more plays by Shakespeare each year than any other company in America, and has done so for more than 20 years! This is in addition to a prodigious array of Shakespeare Education Programs that reach thousands of (K-12) kids across Georgia and beyond.
And YOU can help sustain our extraordinary record of productivity!
This year's remaining Spring Annual Fund “GOOOOOAAL” is $87,623 by MIDNIGHT June 30th.
$5, $50 or $500 . . . EVERY gift makes a difference!
Just PITCH (pun intended) in whatever amount makes sense to you.
Donate on our website: https://bit.ly/3FKD4Tw
Donate Via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3XFkxyn
*it's not true
**it IS true!
