Date: 2/22/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: 
Elealora Writer (SL Name)

SL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY TO LAUNCH INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE


The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) will open its first live miniproduction 
of an Elizabethan production of Shakespeare's Hamlet on "SLSC Thursday", 
February 28th at 6 PM SL Time (PST). This will be the first in a series of 
single scene miniproductions the Company has planned to both preview and 
prepare for its upcoming full length version of Hamlet to open in November. 

This miniproduction performance of Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1 Extended will be 
enacted in live voice by professional actors who are represented onstage by 
avatar characters dressed in historically accurate wardrobe. Inworld techno-
logical innovations such as sculpted animated faces, clever techniques in 
texture and sound effect preloading and novel methods for audience participa-
tion and interaction are a few extra bells and whistles of the event. Closed
captioning will be provided by subtitles in English, French, German, and 
Spanish. HUD's to facilitate the audience experience will be distributed on-
site at the SL Globe Theatre inworld and in the SL Shakespear Company group, 
the company's inworld update group. 

The show opens on "SLSC Thursday," February 28th at 6 PM SLT, with nine add-
itional international showtimes: 

SLSC Thursday, Feb 28: 6 PM
Fri, Feb 29: 3 PM
Sat, Mar 1:  11 AM
Sun, Mar 2: 1 PM
Mon, Mar 3: 11 AM
Tues, Mar 4: 6 PM 
Weds, Mar 5: ---
Thurs, Mar 6: 3 PM
Fri, Mar 7: 1 PM
Sat, Mar 8: 6 PM
Sun, Mar 9: 3 PM

The inaugural performance will be held at the SL Globe Theatre, sLiterary. 

The SL Shakespeare Company hopes to implement more innovations to improve and
expand the state of virtual theatre with the opening of each miniproduction, 
and hopes to implement simulSim broadcasting technology to facilitate producer 
Ina Centaur's vision of "infinite theatre" for our next miniproduction.