Beloved Boston-area author Anita Diamant, who penned the internationally-acclaimed novel The Red Tent, among other compelling works, has been a patron of ASP’s professional performances for a few years. This spring, she also joined us for our Shakespeare Workout classes, and was so enamored with the experience that she shared her thoughts online!

Read what she has to say about her crush on Shakespeare, theater, and her personal process throughout the workshop and watching rehearsals:

• My Shakespeare Crush #1
• My Shakespeare Crush #2
• Shakespeare Workout #3: Say what?
• It’s all in the text. My Shakespeare Crush #4
• No, I’m not working on a novel. But let me tell you about my Shakespeare Crush (#5 in the series)
• Shakespeare Crush #6 Summer Edition
• Shakespeare on Harvey Weinstein sort of . . . (#7 in the series) 
• Sister is Powerful vs. Sexual Misconduct (Posted on the WBUR Cognoscenti November 21, 2017)
• #METOO, “Julius Caesar”
• Richard III In The Age of Trump: You Can’t Look Away