ELVY IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

This is from my friend Elvy who is in an upcoming production of The Merchant of Venice:

dear potential theatregoers,

this here is my announcement to the world that I am in 'The Merchant
of Venice (as Jessica, Shylock's daughter!) at the California
Shakespeare Theatre, and that you, the world (or rather: MY world),
are invited!

this production is a very modern strange meaningful exciting
interesting cool interpretation of the play, and everyone (else) in
the cast is absolutely wonderful. i'm having a great time! and if you
would also like to have a great time, this is when the show is
playing:

preview performances: August 9-11 at 8 pm
opening night is August 12 at 8pm
and it runs until September 3rd,
every Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday is at 7:30 pm,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm,
and Sundays at 4pm
although they do sell hot chocolate, i suggest you bring layers and
maybe a blanket, because it can get quite cold at night, and matinees
can range anywhere from very hot to pretty cold, since it's an
outdoor theatre.
the theatre is in a beautiful foresty hilly place in Orinda (right
next to Berkeley)
at 100 Gateway Boulevard

the calendar of performances is online here:
http://www.calshakes.org/v4/boxoffice/calendar.html#mov

there are some goodies happening before and after some of the shows,
and there are cool "grove talks" which are lectures about the show 45
minutes before every performance. it's a really beautiful outdoor
location with lots of picnic tables and hills, so plenty of people
tend to bring picnics to have before the show.
on Friday August 18th there's this event called the Big Shindig,
which is really fun; there's wine and desserts and music and meeting
people after the show on that night.
also! if you're 30 or under!!! you can get your ticket for $15!!!!
but not on Saturday nights of Sunday matinees.
also, the seating chart drawing that's online is very misleading. the
right and left boxes really aren't that far away, they're honestly
pretty good seats.

p.s.
for 5$ off on up to 4 tickets, when you call the box office mention
that you got an "ecard" about the merchant of venice (or enter
"ecard" as the promotional code when you buy tix online), but this is
only good for performances from August 9-17)