by William Shakespeare
directed by Bruce De Les Dernier
One of the best things that ever happened to Rosalind was being banished on the whim of her uncle, Duke Frederick. Rosalind embarks on her journey of self-discovery to the Forest of Arden. A place with its own dangers, its woods are nevertheless "more free from peril than the envious court." It is to this unpeopled place, an almost empty space, that Rosalind comes in her many-layered disguise, easily taken on and off, free to play any games or roles she chooses. No longer does she see herself as others saw her at court--as just her "father's daughter." Here in Arden she has the room, both literal and metaphorical, in which to become, discover, and transform.