Shakespeare group prepares for tea, Macbeth

Recycled Shakespeare Company (RSC) is holding a fundraiser, A Literary Tea, on a Sunday , January 2, 2022, at 2 p.m. Enjoy hot tea and lovely desserts while listening to winter poetry, passages of prose and music performed by Recycled Shakespeare Company and Friends, in the warm and inviting hall of the historic South Parish Congregational Church, 9 Church Street, in Augusta, ME.

Tickets are $20 and make wonderful Christmas presents for a memorable day. Seating is limited, and must be reserved by December 24, so buy early. Please text or call Lyn at 207-314-4730 for tickets or send comments on the RSC Literary Tea Facebook event page. Your purchase supports free community Shakespeare theater.

If you purchase a ticket and would like to join our readers, please contact Lyn by December 19 with your selection – or we can choose for you. Pre-approved original poetry is welcome.

Meanwhile RSC is preparing to perform Macbeth, March 24 – 27, 2022, in Augusta, Dover-Foxcroft and Fairfield. All parts large and small, as well as assistants, are open for auditions; and in RSC tradition all who want a part get a part. Ages 12 to 112 are welcome to audition. Those interested in main parts may come prepared with a monologue if you choose, and group readings will also be requested. Auditions will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., on Tuesday, December 28, at the South Parish Congregational Church, 9 Church Street, Augusta, and on Wednesday, December 29, at Fairfield House of Pizza – home of Pizza and Play, 207 Main Street, in Fairfield. For more information please text or call Lyn Rowden at 207-314-4730.