Quarantine Pick Me Up

3/17/2020

This if from Steven Barker, Lecturer of Theatre Design and Technology at McDaniel College:

We are the theatre.
We are the ultimate survivor.
We are the oldest of institutions.
We are older than the church.
We are older than the state.
We have survived every plague; although we may {have} had to close for a bit.
We have survived conservative regimes and institutional religious oppression, which are worse than most plagues.
We are the Phoenix and we will rise again.
Wash your hands.
Sleep.
Enjoy time with the loved ones that normally we lament not having because “I have rehearsal.”
Use technology to stay connected. Use this moment to evolve our art both on/back stage and in classroom. Write that scene/play. Rehearse that monologue. Design that dream set/costume/lights. Learn CAD, or a new accent.
We are not lost, only deterred. The muses are with us. They hang with Apollo, who hangs with Asclepius and Hygeia.
So be a good Bacchant Priest or Priestess and pour yourself a glass of wine as our Lord Dionysus would suggest.

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