However, Atlanta Shakespeare Company’s Artistic Director Jeffrey Watkins happened to catch the show and was so impressed he booked the cast for this weekend’s special encore. Then in the afternoon, we rehearse a full-length Shakespeare play, that usually, in normal years, they get to perform for three nights at the end as a celebratory end of the program,” said King.ĭue to COVID restrictions, the young actors this year were limited to a single night’s performance. In the mornings, we’re working on monologue work, doing workshops and masterclasses and stuff like that. King described this demanding student program, genuinely worthy of the term “intensive:” “They’re working for four weeks, 9-4 each day…. Adam King is the education programs producer for Atlanta Shakespeare Company, and he joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom along with actor Aves Lewis to talk about this unusual comedy and the unique charm its cast will bring this weekend. “ Love’s Labour’s Lost” is playing this Thanksgiving weekend at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, presented by a cast composed entirely of teenage actors from the Atlanta Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare Intensive for Teens program, or SIT. One of Shakespeare’s earliest and boldest comedies graces Atlanta’s premier stage for works by the Bard.