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The Merchant of Venice

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2018 Promotional Video

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Washburn Review: ​'The Merchant of Venice' comes to life

​2018 Sonnet Contest Winners
From 2016-2018, a Sonnet Contest was held annually and the winning Sonnet would be read from stage during intermission. 

The Folly of Dreamers by Jessica Ostertag
The night runs swift for those who dream too much--
Who in their fancy place all hope’s desire--
And when the day dispels their spectral crutch,
They find themselves in disillusions dire.
A dreamer dazed by blinding gaze of love
Seen but in these utopias within
Meets not those eyes in humbler guise above,
In lands of breath and light and death and sin.
For what comparison can reason dare
Between the love of dreams and that of day,
With one ideal and sweet and ever fair,
The other, raw, mundane, inclined to sway?
Thus those who choose to live in love’s illusion
Love but themselves, and die in Love’s exclusion.

Second Place: Pull, gentle current by Karin Murray-Bergquist
Third Place: A Meditation on Nature by Jessica Ostertag
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  • Home
  • About
    • About the Festival
    • Contact Us
    • Sonnet Contest
  • Donate
  • Sponsors
  • 2023 Festival
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Auditions
  • Previous Seasons
    • 2010 - The Taming of the Shrew
    • 2011 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • 2012 - The Comedy Of Errors
    • 2013 - Much Ado About Nothing
    • 2014 - As You Like It >
      • Program 2014
    • 2015 - The Merry Wives of Windsor >
      • Program 2015
    • 2016 - Julius Caesar >
      • Julius Caesar
      • Sponsors 2016
      • Program 2016
    • 2017 - The Winter's Tale >
      • The Winter's Tale
      • Sponsors 2017
      • Program 2017
    • 2018 - The Merchant of Venice >
      • The Merchant of Venice
      • Sponsors 2018
      • Program 2018
    • 2019 Twelfth Night >
      • Twelfth Night
      • Sponsors 2019
      • Program 2019
    • 2021 - Macbeth >
      • Macbeth
      • Sponsors 2021
      • Program 2021
    • 2022 - Othello >
      • Othello
      • Sponsors 2022
      • Program 2022
  • Vendors
    • Festival Vendors
    • Christkindlmarkt Vendors
  • Christkindlmarkt
  • Volunteer
  • Gallery