Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the shakespeare theater companys annual dinner and mock trial. Before we begin, please take this time to silence all Electronic Devices that may disrupt this evenings proceedings. Photography of this trial was tricky prohibited. Please join me in welcoming trustee and chair of the Bar Association, abby david lowell. Thank you for joining us. All the things we do, being involved in the board, doing the things we do to keep this alive. The mock trial in the Bar Association is the most joyous. Tonights annual dinner, and the support of this theater. On the text of the oresteia which was adapted by ellen the goffman and adopted from the original the oresteia with violence that can be stopped when society peers into its own soul and sees the depths of revenge, its complicity and the way out. Our performance and hope everybody got a chance to see it, our beloved artistic director at the end of his 33 years of being an artistic director. Not too long ago to cr
A group of us felt we would help heal the wounds of our community by celebrating its diversity because back then miami was one of the most Diverse Communities in the company, and we would invite everyone under one gigantic tent to celebrate the written word and begin a conversation together. That conversation hasnt stopped for these 33 book fairs. And i for one want to thank doctor petrone who is president of the Largest College in the country with eight campuses. [applause] for never wavering from that vision. In this years fair you will hear from the best writers of poetry, fiction, history, and memoir. And we need the big tent of the book fair. And the power of the written word to express them. We need this more than ever. [applause] the book fair has grown over all the years as well. We have some remarkable sponsors. We are pleased to announce we have a partnership with the charles de Groot Foundation to launch the Miami Book Fair degroot prize, it is the only one in the country an
[inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Shakespeare Theater Company barred Association Annual dinner and mark trial. Before we begin the trial please take time to silence all Electronic Devices that may disrupt this evenings proceedings. Photography of the trial is strictly prohibited. Please join me in welcoming the chair of the barred association, abbe lowell. [applause] good evening. Thanks for joining us. The annual dinner and mark trial event by the Shakespeare Theater Company and barred association, Affinity Group of lawyers and those who support the community to bring the best we can to the stage, tonight after tonights performance is based on production of 1984 presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company a few short months ago which in turn is based on the 1949, that is right, 1949 book by George Orwell predicting what 1984 might look like. You all know the story very well, a countrys government vacuums up unanimous amount of data in the name of National
Trustee abby david lowell. [applause] good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight for the annual dinner and mock trial event presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company and the Affinity Group of lawyers, and those who support the Legal Community to bring the best that we can to the stage a wonderful theater. As you know, tonights performance, tonights trial is based on 1984 which is based on the 1949 book by George Orwell predicting what 1984 might look like. I know i know you all know the story very well. A completely farfetched story where they backup an enormous amount of data in the name of National Security where countrys leader worked worked hard to keep the people scared and divided and encourage people to have daily sessions were they yell their anger and hate against anyone who disagrees with them or the opposition creates resistance by installing an offline medication system not in the mainframe of the government to protect private medication. Maybe not so farfetched. At
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Shakespeare Company barred Associations Annual dinner and mock trial. Before we begin the trial please silence all Electronic Devices that may disrupt this evenings proceedings. Photography at tonight at trial is strictly prohibited. Please join me in welcoming chair of the barred association, abbe lowell. [applause] good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight at the annual dinner and mock trial presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company and the barred association, the Affinity Group of lawyers, those associated with the community and those who support the Legal Community to bring the best we can to the stage of this wonderful theater. As you know, tonights performance, tonight at trial is based on a production of 1984 that was presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company a few short months ago and which in turn is based on the 1949, thats right, 1949 book by George Orwell predicting what 1984 might look like. I know you all know the story very we