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“Wilde’s rise and fall mirrors the elusiveness of fame today, more than a century later, and the danger of living our lives so constantly in the spotlight. It also captures the timeless fervor of lust and young love, and the lengths to which we go when we find ourselves caught up in unhealthy but intoxicating relationships.”

“At long last, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has approved the proposed theater, dance, and media concentration after months of deliberation. Harvard students can declare the new major this fall, but senior Mark Mauriello, 22, already had a jump start.”

“At long last, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has approved the proposed theater, dance, and media concentration after months of deliberation. Harvard students can declare the new major this fall, but senior Mark Mauriello, 22, already had a jump start.”

“To quote Oscar himself, ‘He fascinated everybody worth fascinating.’ I found his story to be particularly apt for a performance work because so much of it is about just that, performance – Oscar performing as a cultural icon during his lifetime, the way he performed the ‘role’ of Oscar Wilde, performance in terms of his sexual identity and the culture of his time forcing that underground.”

“It’s fitting that the Harvard senior will soon portray Oscar Wilde: As a budding playwright, Mauriello reminds us of the man he’s playing.”