One of my favourite weekends of the year and I don’t think that will ever change. When I was in high school, the autumnal months and this weekend were the ones I looked forward to the most. I’ve been lucky enough to go back since and every time I end up hissing and screaming and laughing and having conversations with current participants. It was one of my favourite days standing on the Founders’ stage, doing our show and it never stressful. It was exciting and it was more of a celebration than anything. Kevin always said there should be a version of Festival in every school in the nation and it’s a thought I’ve always agreed. I’ve tried doing NaNoWriMo while being a Festival participant and I’ve gone to Festival as an audience member jet lagged from coming back from Italy. Festival made both of those things disappear. NaNo drifted and I’ve never felt so alive while jet lagged as I did when I was there. When Festival didn’t happen this was disappointed for the participants and even though COVID is stopping me from being there in person, I am thinking about you and writing about you and tonight and the rest of this weekend you will be in my head and in my heart. Break a leg! Photo: from Mt Everett’s 2011 production of Hamlet. I played Bernardo @shakeandco @shakeandcoeducation #fallfestivalofshakespeare #fallfestshakes #ffs33 #shakespeareandcompany #mteverett #bestweekendoftheyear #theatre #shakespeare (at Shakespeare & Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWbE4N-p4v-/?utm_medium=tumblr
