Clarksville, TN – Unwind after a busy week and join the Roxy Regional Theatre this Friday, March 8th, 2023, at 7:00pm for the next installment in our Sloshed-Speare series — an abridged version of William Shakespeare’s tragi-comedy The Merchant of Venice — and watch our troupe perform the Bard like never before!
Tickets are only $5.00; for each additional $5.00 donation, an actor of your choosing will have to pull a prompt out of a hat to perform. Will they be forced to read their lines in a ridiculous accent? Sing the rest of the scene? Hop up and down on one leg while patting their head and rubbing their stomach? Or will all of the actors have no choice but to swap scripts and take on new characters?
There’s only one way to find out! Join us while we entertain and educate audiences with a fresh and modern-ish take on the works of the literary lush himself — with some adult beverages thrown in!
A Brief Summary of The Merchant of Venice
Antonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jewish Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can’t repay the loan and, without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio’s friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio.
While Sloshed-Speare incorporates the consumption of alcoholic beverages, we advocate and encourage the need for responsible drinking and designated drivers. Furthermore, we require all players to have a designated driver for every performance.
If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, please call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Helpline at 1.800.662.4357.
Tickets are $5.00 and may be reserved online at www.roxyregionaltheatre.org, by phone at (931) 645-7699, or at the theatre during regular box office hours (9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday, and one hour prior to the performance).
About the Roxy Regional Theatre
The Roxy Regional Theatre (Roxy Productions, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to producing professional live theatre and promoting the arts, with emphasis on education, in Clarksville, Middle Tennessee, and the Southeast. The theatre is located at 100 Franklin Street in historic downtown Clarksville.
For more information, visit roxyregionaltheatre.org.
