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Monday Essentials: Singing Competition, Shakespeare Festival and Free Concerts
There's plenty to do this week in Plymouth: Here's a quick look at the essentials.
Auditions for America’s Hometown Sing-off at Roobar
The Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce will hold auditions Monday, Aug. 5, for America’s Hometown Sing Off Competition. The competition will be one of the featured events of the Aug. 24 Downtown Plymouth Waterfront Festival. Auditions will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, at the RooBar, located at 36 Cordage Park Circle. Registration is required but you can still watch the auditions. Ten performers will be selected from the auditions to continue onto the semi-final and final rounds of the competition. For contest rules and to register, visit plymouthwaterfrontfestival.com.
Free concerts on the Waterfront
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Project Arts present free summer concerts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pilgrim Memorial Park on the Plymouth waterfront. Call 508-747-7727 or see www.projectarts.com for more information. This week Entrain will perform with Odd Soul opening.
Shakespeare Festival at Plimoth Plantation
Join Plimoth Plantation Friday, Aug. 9, for the Plimoth Players Shakespeare Festival, where you can try performing on stage during our open house, catch previews of our summer productions of Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It. Watch sword fighting demonstrations and participate in other family-friendly Shakespeare activities like mask decorating. You'll even have a chance to win free tickets to the shows at our Insult-Like-Shakespeare competition. Activities will occur all day on Friday and Saturday and most are free with museum admission. To learn more about the Plimoth Players' summer performances, visit www.plimoth.org or the Plimoth Players blog at blogs.plimoth.org/players.
The Plimoth Players will perform Much Ado About Nothing at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, and then Fridays and Wednesdays throughout the month, in the black box theatre at Plimoth Plantation. The troupe performs As You Like It at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. The two plays run throughout August with a final performance of “As You Like It” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. Tickets are $17 each; $12 for Museum members. For more information, visit www.plimoth.org/shakespeare.
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