Drunk Shakespeare is an Off-Broadway play created by Scott Griffin and David Hudson currently performing at "The Lounge" at 300 West 43rd St, New York. It premiered at Quinn's Bar and Grill in March 2014. As of July 2016, there have been over 850 performances. It received a New York Times Critic's Pick saying "it seems inevitable that all performing will soon be done either plastered or stoned". Drunk Shakespeare follows a trend of drinking and performing popularized by the Comedy Central series Drunk History.
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Premise
The show has five actors. One has between four and six shots of whiskey in front of the audience. The cast then attempts to perform a Shakespearean play. The drunk actor can do anything they want and the four sober actors must follow their requests.
Cast
Current cast members include: Whit Leyenberger, Michael Amendola, Hayley Palmer, Alison Wien, Mike Sause, Aubrey Taylor, Kelsey Lidsky, Scott Watson, Caitlin Morris and Tim Haber.
Past cast members include: Damiyr Shuford (now with Blue Man Group), Josh Hyman (now with Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus), Lindsey Hope Pearlman (Up & Down Theatre), Lucas Calhoun (The Elephant Man), Julia Giolzetti, Josh Sauerman (Three Day Hangover), Brandon Carter (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Phil Gillen, Adam Thomas Smith, Poppy Liu, Tiffany Abercrombie, Kristin Friedlander (The Flea, Chicago Shakespeare), Lou Sallan, Chris Gebauer, Monique Sanchez, Elissa Klie, Carolina Do and Kate Gunther.