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New York Shakespeare's SONNET PROJECT Android App Now Live

By: Jun. 13, 2013
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New York Shakespeare Exchange (Ross Williams, Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce that the SONNET PROJECT Android app released on Thursday, June 13. Android smart phone users can now access the SONNET PROJECT's sonnet films from their mobile devices with this release.

As part of their commitment to make Shakespeare accessible to everyone, everywhere, New York Shakespeare Exchange is filming all 154 of Shakespeare's love poems with 154 actors in 154 unique locations around the five boroughs, bringing together the classical poetry of the Bard with the urban poetry of New York City.

Each short film is released on the website www.SonnetProjectNYC.com and via a SONNET PROJECT mobile app available for iPhone and iPad at the Apple App Store, and now, for Android mobile devices on Google Play.

The SONNET PROJECT, which launched on Monday, May 20 at the Museum of the Moving Image, is a year-long endeavor that culminates in the release of a full SONNET PROJECT Anthology, complete with special features exploring the textual nuances of the language, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the creators and actors.

The project will also feature several "virtual" bonuses, including special Sonnet "walking tours" of New York City neighborhoods, an interactive SONNET PROJECT website available to educators and Shakespeare-lovers of all ages, as well as Sonnet Project scavenger hunts making use of QR codes and mobile technology.

Plus, the SONNET PROJECT will also include several IRL (In Real Life) events throughout the year.

NYSX's SONNET PROJECT was financed by Kickstarter's most successful theatrical fundraising endeavor to date raising $49,255.

Actors participating in the SONNET PROJECT include Cady Huffman, Lynn Cohen, Michael Urie, Vince Gatton, Joanna Gleason, Austin Pendleton, Dana Snyder, and more!

New York Shakespeare Exchange offers innovative theatrical programming that explores what happens when contemporary culture is infused with Shakespearean poetry and themes in unexpected ways. Providing fresh points of entry to the work so that modern audiences will be exposed to the intrinsic power of Shakespeare, their goal is to encourage an enthusiastic appreciation of classical theater and to expand the reach of the art form within new and existing audiences.




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