From Orlando and Brian Feldman 0f  The Feldman Dynamic comes a new performance art theater adventure. (I have not yet had the chance to experience The Feldman Dynamic live. Hopefully, one day, I will. )

Who: Amway Shakespeare Opportunity (2009 Inaugural Season) Taking Shakespeare To The Next Level.

What: Twitter of the Shrew – adapted for Twitter by @BrianFeldman from the classic comedy attributed to William Shakespeare, with additional material by @irenelpynn, is a Twitter adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew (1590-1594). Spanning 19 Twitter accounts andpresented over 12 days (one scene daily), Twitter of the Shrewattempts to live up to Shakespeare’s “Brevity is the soul of wit” proverb, by condensing the play’s iambic pentameter dialogue down to updates of 140 characters or less. “It’s a great idea!,” says Austin Tichenor of The Reduced Shakespeare Company. For those who don’t yet exist in the Twitterverse, Twitter is that crazy-popular, social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets). Twitter of the Shrew is not sanctioned, endorsed or sponsored by Twitter, Inc.

When: 14 – 25 February 2009 (GMT-5): One Scene Daily

Where: http://twitter.com/AmwayShakes

and 19 additional Twitter of the Shrew character accounts:

ShrewKate / Katherine Minola / http://twitter.com/ShrewKate

PetruccioV / Petruccio / http://twitter.com/PetruccioV

Grumio / Grumio / http://twitter.com/Grumio

VeronaCurtis / Curtis / http://twitter.com/VeronaCurtis

Hdasher / Haberdasher / http://twitter.com/Hdasher

Tailor4Petruc / Petruccio’s Tailor / http://twitter.com/Tailor4Petruc

BiancaMinola / Bianca Minola / http://twitter.com/BiancaMinola

BaptistaMinola / Baptista Minola / http://twitter.com/BaptistaMinola

Lucenti0 / Lucentio / http://twitter.com/Lucenti0

Cambi0 / Cambio / http://twitter.com/Cambi0

Trani0 / Tranio / http://twitter.com/Trani0

Biondell0 / Biondello / http://twitter.com/Biondell0

MrVincentio / Vincentio / http://twitter.com/MrVincentio

ThePendant / The Pendant / http://twitter.com/ThePendant

Hortensio / Hortensio / http://twitter.com/Hortensio

LitioH / Litio / http://twitter.com/LitioH

PaduaWidow / The Widow of Padua / http://twitter.com/PaduaWidow

OldGremio / Gremio / http://twitter.com/OldGremio

UPadua / University of Padua / http://twitter.com/UPadua

To experience Twitter of the Shrew in real time, be sure to follow each of the character accounts, and set device updates ‘On’ to receive all #tots updates via SMS (only advised for those with unlimited messaging). All dialogue will RT @AmwayShakes.

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54668665562

Amway Shakespeare Opportunity (Brian Feldman, Artistic Director) will never do traditional Shakespeare. Upcoming productions include The Shakespeariment (24 Apr 2009) and, you just knew this was coming, The Twitter of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (May 2009).http://twitter.com/AmwayShakes