Master Classes are all the rage these days. Alan Irvine directs the premiere of Shakespeare: First Drafts, a new one-act by Charles David “Stoney” Richards, who also plays the Bard in this comic take on familiar works. William Shakespeare jumps on the bandwagon, determined to cash in on his several centuries of fame. Will reveals his creative process by staging glimpses into the hilariously rough first attempts at some of his iconic scenes and characters. Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, none of which worked quite right the first time around—and that was before overly helpful actors and union foremen got their hands on those scripts. https://www.pittsburghshakespeare.com/