This is produced and sponsored by the Bard Association which many of you are members and those who are not i hope you will become. A group of lawyers in washington dc and elsewhere to try to support not only arts in general but this terrific theater in specific. As you know, tonights argument is based on William Shakespeares macbeth which was produced by the theater this spring, directed by lisa tommy on this very stage. It was a wonderful event and im sure many of you attended. I want to start by thanking the people you with the on stage, the people who are not on stage but make this possible. This event comes together in large part because a group of people with whom i am honored to work, who work on coming up with the idea, coming up with which play we are going to do, figure out what the legal questions can be, these are the people who year in and year out make this possible and i realized after last winter i want to thank them in specific. I want to be the front guy but they do th