Hi all,
I had a conversation with Doc last Saturday I'd like to share. He told me that the Briarfield Inn would be going on the market soon. It's the B&B just outside of Round Top where Camp Shakespeare has operated for the past several years.
Doc also said that in a recent interview with Kristi Frazier (the woman making the "Take Pains, Be Perfect" documentary), Kristi asked him, "What's next?" In response, Doc laid out a vision of Camp Shakespeare owning a property and operating independently of UT.
I let Doc know that I'd be happy to start a conversation with others about how that could happen. I was thinking of contacting folks sometime after the Camp performances this summer. But, Briarfield just went on the market, so it has sped up the timing for this conversation. Briarfield is not the only place this could happen, of course, but Doc and Robin and the campers like the property.
It's listed as a commercial property at $595K. The taxes are $6000 a year on it. It could be operable immediately as a B&B. Here is the listing:
https://txls.com/texas-real-estate/219-farm-to-market- road-954-round-top-tx-78954/111063
I'd like to hear by private message from anyone who would be interested in helping to pursue this next vision. *Whether you have money to invest or not*, I would like to gauge your level of interest at being involved and any ideas you have about how to make something happen, not only for Camp Shakespeare, but possibly an expanded notion of what Camp Shakespeare is...perhaps something like the Camp Shakespeare Retreat and Conference Center or what Doc used to call his office in Round Top, the Round Top Shakespeare World Headquarters.
And Doc, please feel welcome to expound on your vision or correct anything I've put here.
I've copied Robin as the Director of Camp Shakespeare and Jo Ann Ayres as she is a real estate agent in the area and can advise us on property values and any additional properties that might work.
I hope to have a committee of people gathered by the end of the week. If you think of patrons or friends of Camp Shakespeare who might be interested in being involved, please forward this to them as well.
Yours, Madge