sLiterary, Inc. — the nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the arts in virtual worlds — is exhibiting at SL7B!

The humble 512m2 SL7B parcel features an inworld slideshow:

The parcel also has accessory links to various sLiterary Venues and links to sLiterary Initiatives. We also have a brief mugshot display of the flagship example of the sLiterary Virtual Reality Shakespeare Initiative (VRSI) — mShakespeare.

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 (Re-posted from SLSC blog.)

Shakespeare, Second Life—The Metaverse Shakespeare Company (MSC), formerly SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC), next Tuesday will open its long-awaited 2010 Main Canon production of Twelfth Night, Act 2—“As you will it!” in an open-ended run to occur every Tuesday at 6 PM SLT (PT), and every Sunday at 1 PM SLT (PT). Set to occur at the 4-sim SL Globe Theatre (http://visit.mshakespeare.com) in the virtual world of Second Life—this live theatrical performance, available anywhere with an Internet connection, continues the troupe’s 2009 production of Twelfth Night, Act 1—but, with a fresher, riper take, and its own amalgam of the year’s innovations in virtual theatre.

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 (Re-posted from SLSC blog.)

Shakespeare, Second Life: The Metaverse Shakespeare Company (MSC), formerly SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC), today refreshes the MSC SOS Campaign, its grid-wide network of donation kiosks. The running total is still displayed instantly both inworld and on the web, but the SOS Campaign website has been updated at http://sos.mshakespeare.com and SOS has evolved from “Save Our Sims” to “Save Our Shakespeare.”

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 (Re-posted from SLSC blog.)

Shakespeare, Second Life — Feb 22, 2010 — The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) today has finalized its name change process, and will now officially be known as the Metaverse Shakespeare Company (MSC).

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Shakespeare, Second Life and Zevenaar, Netherlands—ADMIRE 2009, the guerilla-styled mixed reality media event that brings dozens of SL’s hottest musicians (and their audience members) to the same RL venue in the Netherlands to create and collaborate, will occur this coming weekend, from July 31 to August 2. Open to a global audience, this event will also be streamed live in an SL component headquartered in a skybox in Shakespeare, Second Life starting August 1 at noon PDT.

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sLiterary is proud to, once again, support Drawing Day on Second Life. On Drawing Day June 6, 2009 (midnight, PDT), artist Ina Centaur will be rallying artists of the virtual world and beyond in a 24-hour Drawing Day Marathon — to help add to the global effort of creating 1 million drawings, to draw in lieu of shout that art matters! sLiterary Art Galleries will be hosting a special Drawing Day Gallery for the next year or so to house all copies of virtual paintings. Visit the Drawing Day Gallery inworld here to see and join–June 6, 2009!

(Re-posted from SLSC blog.)

For purposes of transparency, we have released a public Transparency subsite that accounts for all SLSC (SL Shakespeare Company) public funds. Rest assured that your dollars are spent right, and that you’re kept in the know on these matters. http://transparency.SLshakespeare.com

Please note that though we are currently supported completely via inworld means, our actual production costs far exceed what we have raised. Artistic quality has been the bane of the SLSC’s existence; you should know better than to judge us based our funds listed.

(Re-posted from SLSC blog.)

The year’s second open auditions will be held on Saturday, April 18 @ 11 AM - 11:59 AM SL Time and Saturday, April 25 @ 1 PM SL Time. We are hoping to launch an open-ended run of Twelfth Night: Act 2 (Production Serial: OEP2) in June, with rehearsals starting in May, exact timing TBD. Auditions would be for roles in this upcoming production, and also several possible productions, including a Challenge Production (a non-Shakespearean production) and Twelfth Night: Act 3. Please be sure you have SL voice configured prior to auditioning.

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SL Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night, Act 1: The Open-Ended Run

Shakespeare, Second Life: The virtual worlds performance of Twelfth Night, Act 1 unabridged, live and direct from the first folio returns and will play on indefinitely—as you will it! The SL Shakespeare Company’s long-awaited open-ended run premiers Sunday, March 1 at 1 PM PST, and will continue indefinitely every Sunday at 1 PM PST and every Tuesday at 6 PM PST at the SL Globe Theatre.

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The World’s First Complete Reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Historic Blackfriars Theatre

Shakespeare, Second Life—On Saturday, Ina Centaur unveiled to a small gathering of SL Shakespeare Company patrons the most complete rendition of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre in the world. Built to see if “there are any insights to be gained from performing in a fully historicaly accurate ‘lost playhouse,’” Centaur’s reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars Theatre is due to grand open to the public the weekend of March 21^st.

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