A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Shakespeare in South Park
Aug. 18-20
South Park Green [Dayton]
Directed by Jene Rebbin Shaw
Cast: Galen Wilson as Theseus, Duke of Athens, Susan Robert as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, his bride, Elizabeth Horner as Philostrate, John Wysong as Egeus, Maura Piroch as Helena, Mary Beringer as Hermia, Chris Petree as Lysander, Benjamin Hedrick as Demetrius, Ray Geiger as Oberon, King, Kelly Johnson as Titania, Queen, Amelia Merithew as Puck, Oberon’s servant, Heather Atkinson as First Fairy, Phyllis Tonne as Second Fairy/Musician, Erin Bailey as Peaseblossom, Cindy Myers as Cobweb, Ruthey Schultz as Moth, Amanda Korb as Mustardseed, Athenian workmen, Wayne Wolfe as Peter Quince, a would-be playwright, David Meadows as Nick Bottom, a weaver, Marcus McCarty-Towers as Francis Flute, a bellows-mender, Caleb Boquist as Snug, a joiner, Scott Randolph as Tom Snout, a tinker & Raymond Goerig as Robin Starveling, a tailor
William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is made up of several interlocking plotlines, particularly the convoluted love story of Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius, and the disagreement between the fairy king Oberon and his queen Titania. Connecting these two storylines is Puck, Oberon’s mischievous fairy jester, who drives much of the action of the play. The frame narrative of Theseus’ marriage to Hippolyta in Athens is important, as its orderliness provides a contrast to the chaotic forest where magic reigns and the expected is constantly subverted.
- Fri-Sun, Aug. 18-20 at 8pm
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