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. So thrilled were they by the review that they want to extend a special offer to Phillyist readers: mention Phillyist's review of the show and receive 50% off on the price of your tickets. That's more money to spend on post-show cocktails at your favorite Old City watering hole!

We've already told you about the New Play Festival that's been making the rounds at various theaters throughout the city, and will continue to do so until February 18. We do however want to give a special shout out to The Vagabond Acting Troupe's Solo Works Festival. In addition to several full length works (5 of which have already been reviewed by Phillyist), most theaters have a works-in-progress tie-in; this is Vagabond's, and each of the pieces is about 10 to 15 minutes long. The Solo Works Festival is happening because The Wedding Consultant (Vagabond's full length contribution to the New Play Festival) started out as a 10-minute solo piece; Solo Works is designed to give exposure to emerging artists so that hopefully they can move on to bigger works (and bigger budgets).

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe kick off this Friday, and we're beginning our coverage of the events in what might seem to be the strangest way possible: with food.

this and the recent free staging of Tweltfh Night in Clark Park, we're beginning to wonder if there isn't some sort of free, Shakespearean epidemic going around. (Hmm..maybe we should pay more attention to those conspiracy theories.
FREE Two Gentlemen of Verona


Wed - Sat (through August 20th) 7PM The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival

2111 Sansom Street, 2nd Floor

Free (Tickets available at Box Office 1 hour before showtime)
Photo of the Shakespeare Memorial outside the Central Library by author, who really wishes someone would stage a free production of King Lear

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