The SL Shakespeare Company announced in June it's 'Fourteen Pillars Fundraising Campaign" to raise funds for the companies future, including the full length production of Hamlet along with the bards other works.

Act 1 of the fourteen Pillars campaign opens on July 18th (tp) where seven actors will be jailed and made to "woo the audience with only improv acting and their wits" explains producer and director Enniv Zarf. Each actor will need to reach L$100,000 to be freed from their cell. A further $L300,000 will be raised by holding the beautifully crafted SL Globe Theatre to ransom. The building will be turned into a black box theatre during the first even building ransom to take place in SL. Artistic director and executive producer Ina Centaur states "We are truly what we say we are—a group of thespians and other professionals dedicated to our craft, bound together by Shakespeare, and way-too-excited to wait for outside funding".

The funds are needed for this revolutionary Second Life experience to help with actors time and running costs. Following the mini-production of Hamlet in March Sabina Stenvaag, managing director, explains “Scheduling was chaos, and we’ve even had to deal with some last minute re-casting before a show opened.” Co-executive producer and director Enniv Zarf agreed that, “The only way a full-length full-everything production would work is if we had everyone taking Second Life seriously, take their roles as a full time first life job for a month.”

The company provides a very unique experience for those in attendance. Shakespeare classics can be brought to life and witnessed from the comfort of your home computer but for this to continue the company needs your help.

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