Hi all,
My sincere apologies for not being in touch sooner about the 50th Reunion Plans. Let me confirm what many have expected or surmised...we will not meet in person this summer to celebrate as planned. James' Shakespeare at Winedale class will
not meet in person at Winedale and Doc's & Robin's Camp Shakespeare will not be in person either. Both programs will continue with meetings and celebrations virtually and expect to move the in-person programs to next summer.
A small group of us has been meeting and talking on Zoom about the 50th Reunion activities. Yes, we will have an in-person reunion in future, but for now, let's collaborate on ways to celebrate online. We want to keep the dates we'd planned,
Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15, for the online 50th celebrations.
Doc confirmed that we will be allowed to share the new Winedale Documentary "Take Pains, Be Perfect" with our community on the evening of August 14. We still hope to share some music that evening as well. People like Mary, Alice, Gayle,
and Maggie, who were already making plans for the programming on Saturday, August 15 will continue to make plans for how we can celebrate that day.
From the beginning of our 50th anniversary planning, we have expressed these desires:
• to include as many people as possible in the celebration, including past participants, friends, family, patrons and donors
• to make time to visit and connect with one another and
• to share and listen to stories about our experiences.
While we are sad not to realize these desires in person this year, we are lucky that we can still reach out to one another and connect over our shared experience, our love for Winedale, our love for Shakespeare, and our love for one another.
More on the virtual reunion to come.
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The University of Texas at Austin
Co-founder and Co-producing Artistic Director