A Festival or Feast of Fools is a reversal of power where subordinates are given authority over their superiors for a short time. According to Wikipedia, "The central idea seems always to have been a brief social revolution, in which power, dignity and impunity is briefly conferred on those in a subordinate position...The involvement of inversion (subdeacons occupying the roles normally fulfilled
by higher clergy) and the 'fools' symbolised orthodox biblical ideas of humility (e.g. the last being first) and becoming a 'fool for Christ' (1 Corinthians 4:10)." The Festival of Fools was established in February of 2015 when Cherish Parker and the College Players decided to team up and create a band of merry improv actors. The goal of its inception was to provide the OBU community another outlet for creativity and to entertain the people of the Shawnee community. The theme verse for Festival of Fools is 2 Samuel 6:22, when David says, "I will become even more undignified than this..."
