Amazing Shakespeare on the Lawn

It was just incredible. The weather remained dry (even if a tad chilly). The performance was tight and energetic. The music was lively. The play “A Comedy of Errors”, of course, is a classic. Confusion arising because of twins running around Ephesus together. There were probably a hundred of so people from the neighborhood seated on the General Theological Seminary campus watching the play unfold before us. It was an amazing way to spend two hours on a Tuesday afternoon.

I am grateful to those who made this moment possible, in particular Ms. Jamie Tan and Ms. Kadine Madden. It is using the campus in an imaginative way. It is providing a service to the neighborhood. It was GTS doing some important work: the performance was an invitation to laugh and think - think about the extraordinary ways in which life can unfold.

I hope that we do this again. And for those who missed it, I recommend strongly that you don’t want to miss it next time.

The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D.
Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary and the President of The General Theological Seminary