Right now, we face the worst refugee crisis since World War II. Yet our national conversation about it is paralyzed – caught between overwhelming statistics of misery on one side, and nativist fear-mongering on the other.
Arden/Everywhere re-imagines Shakespeare’s As You Like It as a story about refugees. It unlocks this beloved comedy’s deepest heartbeat to tell a distinctly contemporary story – one that looks into a world of dislocation and exile to discover resilience, reconciliation and love.
Performed by a diverse cast of actors whose origins extend from Russia to Liberia to Sri Lanka to Ohio, it unleashes theater’s unique ability to awaken empathy, locating our common humanity in the face of a seemingly incomprehensible global catastrophe.
