Now more than ever, again.

Every year for the past five, someone has said "now more than ever" about live theatre. And every year, somehow, the "more than ever" has gotten more.

So here we are again. And I mean it, again, more than ever.

This season started with an email from my former professor, Jackie, who had a pitch for Macbeth I couldn't pass up. A reading so layered and nuanced it turns the whole play inside out: not the ruthless villain we expect, but something more complicated and more human. Exactly the kind of reframing I love to put onstage at ISF.

The moment I said yes, Robin Hood came to mind as the pairing. Both are stories about power and legacy, and about what people do when systems fail them. But every version I found missed what resonates most for me about that legend: the communal spirit, the sense that it's the people around you who lift you up. So we decided to write our own. My colleague Erin Murray said yes, and what she's made is so exactly right for this moment. 

That's what I want you to support.

ISF is a Pay-What-You-Will theatre company, which means the doors are open to everyone. Your donation is what keeps them open. Every dollar goes directly toward getting these two stories onto the stage under the open sky.

I'd be so grateful if you'd give, at whatever level feels right. And if you want to tell me why you gave, I'd so deeply love to know!