Abigail's Love of Theatre!

I'm fundraising for Island Shakespeare Festival, a company near and dear to my heart, where I've been able to help make some beautiful art with a fantastic team of people, both in person and online.  

ISF fosters and empowers awesome art. I'm so excited about returning to work at ISF this summer because they're Pay What You Will--they don't charge ticket admission, so anyone and everyone has access to the really incredible theatre my friends and I work so hard to make. 

I also love that ISF is committed to making space in the classical canon for folks who've historically been excluded from it, onstage, offstage, and in the audience. At ISF, artists and audiences get to share in an experience of belonging. “ISF has the power to make amends - ISF has the power to create peace - ISF has the power to liberate - ISF is a place where you see yourself - and know that you, yourself, are enough - you, yourself, are great.” - Ada Karamanyan (she/her)

This summer at ISF, we're bringing to life three plays that have been on hold for two years. At long last, Love’s Labour's Lost, Titus Andronicus, and an exciting new world premiere adaptation Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy with Many Acts will finally take to the ISF stage. Many of the folks helping to make these shows happen have been waiting to share in these stories for two, three, and even four years. You know how the pandemic devastated the performing arts. My colleagues - friends - and I spent two years away from the stages we love, stages like ISF, away from sharing the necessary and nourishing experience of live theatre with you. I am so excited to get started.

Join me in supporting this company this summer. Your choice to make a gift now will help all of us take a deep breath together and step forward into realizing our hope. Let’s create a space together where everyone belongs.