Name: Fourth Annual Sonnet Slam
Start: 2020-11-24T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-11-24T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Princeton Public Library

Fourth Annual Sonnet Slam

presented in partnership with McCarter Theater Center

2020-11-24 19:00:00 2020-11-24 20:30:00 America/New_York Fourth Annual Sonnet Slam Virtual PPL

Tuesday, November 24
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2020-11-24 19:00:00 2020-11-24 20:30:00 America/New_York Fourth Annual Sonnet Slam The library and McCarter Theatre Center's Shakespeare Community Reading Group bring their annual Sonnet Slam to Zoom. Virtual PPL

Princeton Public Library

The library and McCarter Theatre Center's Shakespeare Community Reading Group bring their annual Sonnet Slam to Zoom.

Celebrate Shakespeare’s poetic preeminence as a writer of sonnets with our 4th Annual Sonnet Slam in partnership with McCarter Theatre Center! Each registrant who wishes to participate as a sonnet reader will get to present two sonnets to the assembled group: THE FIRST, a sonnet of their own choosing, and THE SECOND, a sonnet randomly assigned them from the Great Sonnet Sorting Bowl!

Join us as a reader or a listener! All are welcome, but registration is required. Please be sure to read all the information detailed in the online form.

Don’t have a copy of the sonnets at home? Here is just one place to find them for free online.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Poetry |

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Fourth Annual Sonnet Slam

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