Whet Ink Productions

Check out these fun work in progress sketches from artist Fernanda Haiabe for our series Infinite Jest!

Comrades! It's here at Infinite Jest and today's random fact is a tale of a very mischievous Shakespeare! At a young age Shakespeare was caught poaching deer from the estate of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.

Lucy allegedly had Shakespeare beaten for this and it is said that Shakespeare wrote a ballad in retaliation that he stuck to the gate of Sir Thomas' estate! The ballad goes:

Sir Thomas was too covetous To covet so much deer; When horns enough upon his head Most plainly did appear.

Had not his worship one deer left? What then? He had a wife Took pains enough to find him horns should last him during life...

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‼️GET READY FOR AN INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER TODAY STARTING @ 1PM EST AS WE LOAD IN DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE HISTORIC MORTON THEATRE‼️

Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram today for behind the scenes reveals of the show that you can't find anywhere else! And be sure to tune in online at mortontheatre.com this Saturday @ 8PM EST for the premiere of Double Consciousness with special guests Mokah-Jasmine Johnson and Chantae Cann!

Comrades! Check out this cool production where a Sydney Opera House audience, with the touch of a button, rewrites Shakespeare as it is performed live in front of them!

As part of the Sydney Opera House’s UnWrapped series, a group of dancers “remixed” Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by way of an Australian storytelling technology, Omelia. A product built to shuffle characters and events and generate narrative possibilities in real time, dancers using it brought a new version of the classic tragedy to life. The one-off production, R+J RMX, was filmed for the Opera House’s streaming platform. (https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jun/01/romeo-and-juliet-remixed-how-technology-can-change-storytelling)

‼BE SURE TO FOLLOW US .COM TO SEE HOW WE REMIX SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET INTO A MURDER MYSTERY THAT'S PART CLUE, SERIAL, AND KNIVES OUT IN ONE WILD EPISODE IN OUR UPCOMING SEASON‼

Comrades! We'd like to send a huge shout out to a few members of our producing team on graduating with their MFA! We are so excited for what the future holds for these outstanding artists! Please post a fun congratulatory message in the comments below for them to see 🥰

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” – William Shakespeare

Comrades! Next month it's the Bard's Birthday Month, and Infinite Jest's creator Thomas Brazzle will be speaking with other artists and authors about Shakespeare's influence on themselves and our series! Hosted by the wonderful people at HarkJournal.com, join us as we toast Shakespeare and chat with an amazing group of creatives about the way in which Shakespeare has inspired their stories, passion projects, and careers.

Be sure to register at HarkJournal.com

Our Co-Producer of Infinite Jest, Darrell Grant, is at it again! Check out this great interview series!

If you missed Artist of Color Check-In: Our Arts & Culture, you can watch the replay by visiting the link in our bio and register for Friday's conversation!

The next segment is Feb 12th on Zoom & FB Live: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nbaforward-x-black-theatre-group-presents-artists-of-color-atl-check-ins-tickets-138849146535?aff=erelexpmlt

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Our Co founders watched this last night. Brilliant! ❤️💯🔥 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance: 'R#J' explores what would happen if Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' chatted on Instagram The creative gamble of "R " — William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" meets Instagram — at Sundance Film Festival paid off.

Bringing Shakespeare's neglected women out of the shadows The Bard gave Queen Margaret more lines than any other female character, and more than King Lear.