The 2011 season marks the beginning of a new chapter for Bell Shakespeare, with three great plays that all examine the same question: how do you maintain your integrity in a world that so often expects you to discard it?
There is an inherent danger that comes in giving up a part of one’s self. Whether it’s through marriage in Much Ado About Nothing, temptation in Faustus or for political gain in Julius Caesar, this season reminds us of how the struggle to maintain individuality is – and always will be – a fundamental part of the human experience.