This summer, Elm’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream reimagines the fairy world through South Asian folklore. Join us for a cross-cultural, intergenerational conversation with community members, immigrants, and the creative team about what it means to see yourself — and your stories — on stage.

Shakespeare’s plays were written for an all-male acting tradition, but modern performance reexamines gender through casting and interpretation. Lisa Wolpe, an internationally recognized scholar-practitioner, will lead a workshop exploring how translation extends beyond language into performance and identity.