THE NAME ROSALIND, the heroine in Shakespeare’s comedy, As You Like It, is one of the greatest roles ever written for women.  Like all of Shakespeare’s leading ladies, she is intelligent, witty, resourceful, and brave.  What’s remarkable about Rosalind is that she drives much of the play’s action, creates other characters’ destinies, and gets what she wants in the end.  She even gives the Epilogue, highly unusual for a female character.  It’s her play, with a happy ending. In the vibrant Forest of Arden, she is reunited with her long-lost father, as she marries the love of her life, always with her closest girlfriend at her side. In Stages, the play that inspired the inception of ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS, the lead character is an actress, currently performing the role of Rosalind in a production of As You Like It. Finally, Rosalind combines the name ROSE, Abigail’s middle name, with LINDA, Abigail’s mother’s name.