"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
I've always had a love affair with the Bard, but A Midsummer Night's Dream will forever have a special place in my heart.
It was the first experience I had performing Shakespeare. It was my opportunity to be completly engulfed in the language, to make sense out of complexity, to be moved to tears at the beauty of a sonnet, to physicalize text and to make a connection to something so timless and true.
We have approached this production with all the honesty, complexity and laughter we can muster. The actors are bringing their own hearts, minds and spirits to the roles, and through their talent, skill, and generosity, we’re attempting to find small, new gifts within this well-worn, well-loved script. I’m deeply grateful to all of them—and to all the artists involved and everyone at Towson High School—for all that they are bringing to this production.
Thank you for joining us, regardless of whether this is your first Dream, your fifteenth, or your fiftieth. We hope you will find—as I have—that if you are open, it will continue to offer you great gifts of love, laughter, insight, and inspiration each and every time.
We invite you to play and interact with our world; just don't be alarmed if the world wants to play back.
Enjoy!
Sydney Marks
