Budding Theatre Collective Adds Modern Twists To Shakespeare's Classic Works

89.1 WBOI | By Julia Meek

Published May 18, 2016 at 3:10 PM EDT

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Shakespearemachine is a new classical theatre collective here in Fort Wayne, devoted to bringing the Bard and his works to life in the 21st Century.

Nick Tash is thinking outside the box for ways to bring younger audiences into the theatre.

Credit Courtesy/Nick Tash

The casting company hopes to brand its productions through the use of masks, and unusual audience-performer relationships. They debut this weekend, with "The Comedy of Errors" in the Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab.

WBOI's Julia Meek met with co-founder, Nick Tash to discuss the mechanics of operating such "modern machinery" and where it is headed in the community.

Event Information:

Shakespearemachine's "The Comedy of Errors"
@Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab Theatre, Fort Wayne Indiana
8:00 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 20th & 21st
2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 22nd
8:00 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, May 26th-28th

For ticket information, visit their Facebook event page.