the CREATION of

SL Shakespeare Company

the

BRIEFLY, ON THE BRAND Ina Centaur SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC)

A look that brings RL standards to SL graphics

Historical Architecture sets the scene…

Technologically innovating (More @ Saturday @ 10 AM EdTrack presentation

“Shakespeare’s Virtual Theatre” [along with Primtings, sLiterary]) Quality, the magical dazzling experience, above all.

“Cost no matter.” (Or Phil Henslowe’s £50,000 coat) “What Second Life Can Be.” Working motto of sLiterary, Inc. fiscal

sponsor

The amazing thing is that despite all that we have done, the SLSC has received no external funding at all.

SLSC’s secret crutch is… Ina Centaur

(FOR THE INITIATES…)

WHO IS INA CENTAUR? RL

Creatively: Independent artist and scholar – with a tendency towards seclusion…

Affiliation: Executive director of sLiterary, Inc. – NPO dedicated to furthering the arts in virtual worlds

SL (Limiting to just 3 things, though the list can go on for a bit!) Artistic Director, Ina Centaur SL Shakespeare Company Curator & Autocrat, Primtings Museum CEO & Designer, “Ina Centaur”

Ina Centaur Architecture (IC-Arc) IC-Skins/SLface.com

(_AR Another Realism, _SR Splendid Realism, Movie Skins, Mei, .:RIO:.)

IC-Fashions/iCouture IC-Gadgets/IC Labs IC-Hair/Baskin Bobbins

Background: “Before” Ina Centaur Founded an int’l web design company and .com as a teenager.

Early exposure to enterprise infrastructure design Early exposure to working with creatives and clients long-distance, across

international borders Fluent knowledge of various web, virtual world, and graphics development tools

and languages. Legacy

Learned how to program in QBASIC @ age 12 Subsequently, learned VB, C++, etc. Web dev – PHP/MySQL, Perl, *nix server, etc.

Learned Photoshop, 3ds, and other graphics software @ age 13 Beyond management—ability to create Working understanding of perspective of the creator

Academic background: Bioengineering, Physics & Philosophy @ UCSD 2002-2006 Also, course affiliations with UC Berkeley & Stanford University Adjunct Prof @ various online universities

Image – RL/SL Duality Started her SL career as “Ina Centaur” looking like

“herself” in RL Ina Centaur, the “Legend”

“Naturally” creates enterprises. (Likely retired.) Tends towards a cultural poise associated with someone

old. Has a passion for Shakespeare and the arts. (Likely

WASP.) Entertained the belief of others,

unwittingly accepted legend, and then became the venerable and WASP avatar now known as Ina Centaur.

Funding Her Baby – SL Shakespeare Co. SL Shakespeare Company – Resident-funded/supported endeavor.

We believe in establishing a new field of virtual theatre, by presenting memorable shows of unprecedented quality.

>L$1,000,000 endowment from Ina Centaur per production 4-sim theatre

Funding from Creative Enterprises Monetary:

Ina Centaur Architecture and IC-Skins contributed the ~US$10,000 (L$3,500,000) required to purchase 4 island sims from Linden Lab in Feb 2008.

All Ina Centaur Enterprises endeavors go towards funding the SL Shakespeare Company and its four island sims.

Creatively: Ina Centaur Architecture created the theatres and buildings of virtual

Shakespeare IC-Skins/SLface.com create photorealistic actor skins and some costumes, and

for sale exclusively at SL Globe Theatre Gift Shop

Notable “Brand-Worthy” Fundraisers Autumn 2007: sLiterary/FFRC Ball & Date Auction

L$74,564 (50% of fundraiser total) raised to help fund sLiterary NPO fees. Three hours, Halloween Ball with SL Celebrity date auction.

Winter 2007: Winter 2008 Campaign (On-Going) L$319,500 (as of Aug 10, 2009) raised in our SL analogue of RL professional theatre sponsorship

booklet with various funding tiers and benefits http://SLshakespeare.com/sponsorship

Summer 2008: HOSTAGE! (a.k.a. Viva Shakespeare, Ongoing) On July 20, 2008 - Caged SL Shakespeare actors and the SL Globe Theatre were put on hostage in

a special post-modern setting to launch the Viva Shakespeare 14-Pillars Campaign L$258,379 (as of Aug 10, 2009 – L$234,199 @ event)

Winter 2008: SOS Campaign – Ongoing Galvanized significant SL public support for the public sims (the 4-sims of the SL Globe Theatre,

Primtings, Shakespeare, and sLiterary) in the arts. L$1,472,737 (as of Aug 10, 2009), funds 2009 tier for 3 sims http://Campaign.SLshakespeare.com

Spring 2009: Inachi’s Nyotaimori I March 21, 2009 - Raised L$70,930 by selling prim sushi by-the-piece off SL Celebrity Codie’s

avatar body http://Inachi.InaCentaur.com/nyotaimori1

Why So Much Effort for Something So Temporal?

Theatre, by nature is temporal, like SL. A play shows change on stage; SL is all about

change. Tier; the necessity of redesigning; the evolving

platform itself Philosophically, the ultimate artform to represent the metaverse.

So, let’s make our implementation dazzling and unprecedented.

Obviously, I really believe in it!

Why Virtual Theatre on SL? Family vs Career in Theatre

A Harrowing Personal Story—my smalltown actress friend who lost herself trying to make it in the big city.

Lesser extreme—others who are forced to leave their families for theatre.

Live entertainment without boundaries Got Internet? No geographical boundaries. Got Voice? No physical discrimination. Revive the Bard!

Not just puppetry—but in an immersive and interactive virtual world

Environmental Reasons! Because I believe in creating worlds whose aesthetics and

ontology I can control and effect, and if RL theatre is considered a microcosm, then SL theatre is the ultimate microcosm.