When we founded SBO, we made an oath to do all of Shakespeare’s plays, even the bad ones.

Well, it’s finally time to do one of the bad ones — Henry VIII. Frankly, we couldn’t be more excited!

This year, SBO will be injecting the chaos and energy of short-form improv into the work of William Shakespeare, with games, audience participation, and more to make light work of what some might describe as a slog of a play. The biggest twist … the SBO players will train and rehearse to perform any role in the play, and each performance will be cast in front of the audience at the beginning of the show. For fans of Shakespeare, this is a very rare opportunity to see Henry VIII performed live (it’s not uncommon for there to be zero productions of this show in a given year). For everyone else, it’s a guaranteed good time!