MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss

About Me

Audition for the 2008 Fall Showcase Benefit this Monday, June 30th, at WorkPlay - 6PM. See blog for details.
Sunflowers and Shakespeare: on Saturday, June 21st - Jones Valley Urban Farm and MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss presented the first Sunflowers & Shakespeare cocktail hour at 6PM, at the Gardens of Park Place in downtown Birmingham.After the annual JVUF U-Pick Sunflower Celebration, MUSE OF FIRE took over the Urban Farm to stage a handful of Shakespeare's most luscious garden scenes, complete with complimentary wine and organic seasonal hors d'oeuvres from one of Birmingham's most innovative new chefs.Donations benefitted Jones Valley Urban Farm's mission to "Reconnect People to Food".MUSE OF FIRE is a project of Sloss Performing Arts, a cultural program of Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, a 501c3 non-profit organization. Visit www.shakespeareatsloss.com for more information.
MUSE OF FIRE is an innovative Shakespeare project at Sloss Furnace.
For the inaugural sold out Fall Showcase on November 11 and 12, 2006, MUSE staged 8 scenes - tragedy, comedy, and history - throughout the footpath of Sloss, ushering groups of 25 audience members from location to location. Each show was followed by a wine tasting, hosted by The Grape.
In May 2007, MUSE went full-length with an adrenaline-fueled HENRY V, Saturday and Sunday afternoon, May 19th and 20th, produced in association with Catalyst 4 Birmingham. Peek around the site for documentary sneak snips and beaucoup pix.
The Fall Showcase Benefit returned in 2007 with seven scenes from seven different Shakespearean plays around the footpath of Sloss, ushering audiences from location to location. Scenes included - Othello v. Desdemona, Hamlet v. Gravedigger, Regan v. Gloucester, Tamora v. All Of Rome, and Mercutio v. Handpuppet, among others.
For advance notice of events and fundraisers, visit www.shakespeareatsloss.com to sign up for the MUSE mailing list.
(Please note, Hunter Films is shooting a documentary of MUSE â€“ various auditions, rehearsals, and productions may be filmed.)
Music, music, music...
The MUSE OF FIRE Spring Festival featured over a dozen local bands playing throughout the footpath of Sloss Furnaces. For more info, check out
Shawn Avery's scholarly and gentlemanlike profile

My Interests

MACBETH was a sold-out success this May.

I'd like to meet:

MUSE on Good Day Alabama ... next time, the camera goes down.

And check out MUSE on Fox 6 ...
Muse of Fire
Get more video at MyFoxAl.com

Get more information on "Muse of Fire" from www.myspace.com/museoffire .

Music:

More MUSE press ...

The New York Times: (scroll down to the middle of the article...)

USRRC Army Reserve WILDCAT Magazine:

Over the Mountain Journal:

WBHM's Tapestry (Spring Festival 2007):

The Birmingham News:

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The Birmingham Weekly:

and WBHM's Tapestry once more (Fall Showcase 2006):

My Blog

Spring Festival 2009 announced

To wit: Spring 2009 will find MUSE OF FIRE staging MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.Hold onto your goats.
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:39:00 PST

Fall Showcase Benefit 2008 auditions

MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss announces auditions for its 2008 Fall Showcase Benefit performance. Once again, MUSE stages 8 Shakespearean scenes tragedy, comedy, and history throughout the fo...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:37:00 PST

Sunflowers & Shakespeare almost sold out ...

Sunflowers and Shakespeare, a MUSE OF FIRE and Jones Valley Urban Farm collaboration, is almost sold out.Check out the details on the MUSE myspace page, and make your reservations now by emailing even...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:36:00 PST

Sunflowers and Shakespeare reservations now being accepted

This Summer Solstice - Saturday, June 21st - Jones Valley Urban Farm and MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss present the first Sunflowers & Shakespeare cocktail hour at 6PM, at the Gardens of Park Plac...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:41:00 PST

Auditions for Sunflowers and Shakespeare announced!

Once I finish the hurly burly of costume returnage and paperwork digging, I'll embark on a MACBETH wrap-up ... but because time and the tide wait for no man, first up is audition info for SUNFLOWERS A...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:46:00 PST

MACBETH - please feel free to bring stadium cushions and/or chairs

Hey all -Just wanted to give you a heads up that the Sloss folding chairs are notoriously hard, metal, and a bit grubby ... please feel free to bring stadium cushions, or - even better - your own fold...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:21:00 PST

MACBETH tickets - is it possible we’re selling out??

Hi allJust a heads-up for those who haven't shuffled over to www.shakespeareatsloss.com to buy MACBETH tickets for this weekend - you may want to buy tickets as soon as possible online or by calling 7...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:25:00 PST

Looking for stage hands

MUSE OF FIRE is looking for a few good stage hand volunteers to shuffle props and roll Hecate's lair across the stage during the upcoming production of MACBETH. Show dates are Saturday and Sunday, May...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:33:00 PST

MACBETH tickets now on sale

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES ...Tickets are on sale now for the MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss spring festival production of MACBETH. MACBETH runs one weekend only - May 3-4, 2008. The show sta...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:26:00 PST

MUSE volunteer meeting Wednesday 2/27

Come one, come all the first MUSE OF FIRE volunteer meeting, tomorrow night, Wednesday 2/27, at Matthew's Bar and Grill on Morris Avenue at 22nd Street in downtown Birmingham. We'll convene aroun...
Posted by MUSE OF FIRE: Shakespeare at Sloss on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:43:00 PST