Fairest Creatures 2026: The Sonnets of William Shakespeare - Part 1

Schedule

Sat Apr 18 2026 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Burning Coal Theatre | Raleigh, NC

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Join us as we celebrate Shakespeare's birthday!
77 readers will read Sonnets 1-77
1:00 - 1-25
2:00 - 26-50
3:00 - 51-77
Free Event (but donations to Burning Coal Theatre (our host) will be accepted.
To see which sonnets are still available, click here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PI3HGKtj1zqU0Vz-k5nrjpWxH0vHiyNLPIfxUXZyfP0/edit?gid=896992657#gid=896992657
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Burning Coal Theatre, 217 E North St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1041, United States

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