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Shake at the Lake still on for Piedmont Park
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
These days, Piedmont Park is a servant to two masters: the public thirst to use the Midtown greenspace and the need to guard it from unnecessary wear and tear during the drought.
By all accounts, Georgia Shakespeare’s fifth annual Shake at the Lake — performed on the dock of Lake Clara Meere — is off the hook this year. “The Servant of Two Masters,” the classic farce by Spanish master Carlo Goldoni, is expected to go on as planned May 7-11.
Only events with attendance of 50,000 or more are affected by the City of Atlanta policy. 
“By virtue of the fact that Shake on the Lake is a small event of 800 people and has always set up using the dock as the stage, their equipment is on hardscape and the guests sit on the grass or stairs, their event is not affected,” Debbie McCown, CEO and president of the Piedmont Park Conservancy, said in a statement Tuesday.
“We panicked the day the announcement came out in the paper about the cancellation of the biggest events in the park,” Georgia Shakespeare producing artistic director Richard Garner said. “We’ve been told that we classify as one of the smallest events. … Basically, we’re rated for about 1,000 people at a time. They are carefully scheduling those kinds of events so they don’t happen on top of each other, but they’re not cancelling them because of the minimal impact.”
This year, the Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta Pride Festival, Dogwood Festival and the Atlanta Jazz Festival have all been forced to find alternate venues.
Technically, the Shakespeare theater’s permit is still pending. “We feel confident that we will receive that approval,” Georgia Shakespeare publicist Amanda Hughes says. The event is free, but tickets are required. For more information: shakeatthelake.com or 404-264-0020.
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