Tag Archives: Shakespeare in South Park

THE  MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Shakespeare in Southpark
Aug. 15-17
South Park Green [Dayton]

Directed by Galen R. Wilson

Cast includes: John Wysong as Sir John Falstaff, Heather Atkinson as Mistress Ford, Heather Gorby as Mistress Page, Brian Ressler as Master Ford, Zoey Knapp as Master Page & Sarah Pearson as Mistress Quickly

It’s the Ohio frontier, 1775.  Sir John Falstaff, of His Majesty’s Armed Forces, always short of cash, seeks to swindle two wealthy married women of the town of Windsor, and enjoy a little hanky-panky with them along the way.  He writes letters proposing a liaison to each, hoping they won’t compare notes.  They do…. Bring lawn chair or blanket.

• Fri-Sun, Aug. 15-17 at 8pm

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LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
Shakespeare in South Park
Aug. 16-18
South Park Green [Dayton]

Directed by Galen Wilson

King Ferdinand, King of Navarre, decides to have a three year period of study and contemplation at his court. To avoid distraction he imposes a ban on women, who will not be allowed within a mile of the court. One of the courtiers, Berowne, has reservations about the ban on women. He reminds the King that he has an ambassadorial meeting on that very day with the Princess of France. As they prepare to meet the Princess the King sends his court fool, Costard, to Don Armado to be punished, for breaking the rules by dallying with a country girl, Jacquenetta.

The Princess, refused entry to the court, is insulted by the ban, and in protest, she and her entourage camp in tents in front of the court. They begin plotting ways of taking revenge. In the meantime, Don Armado, himself in love with Jacquenetta, lets Costard off his punishment in return for Costard delivering a love letter to her. Before he can deliver it he is approached by Berowne, who asks him to take a letter to Rosaline. Some comic action is set up when Costard gets the letters mixed up. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free, donations gratefully accepted.

• Fri-Sun, Aug. 16-18 at 8pm

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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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TWELFTH NIGHT
Shakespeare in South Park
Aug. 26-28
South Park Green [Dayton]

Directed by Susan Robert

Viola and her twin brother Sebastian have been shipwrecked; each believes the other to be drowned. However Viola disguises herself and gets a job as a servant for the Duke, Orsino who is pursuing the love of Olivia who mourns the death of her brother. But Olivia has eyes for Cesario the Dukes new servant and falls in love. Meanwhile Viola has fallen in love with her employer Orsino while she is pretending to be Cesario. Add several more characters to this already tangled web of love and deceit and you have lots of confusion, more misdirected love affairs and a whole lot mistaken identity.

• Fri-Sun, Aug. 26-28 at 8pm

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Shakespeare in South Park
Sept. 10-12
South Park Historic District [Dayton]

Directed by Galen Wilson

Meet John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Earnest. The pair struggle to keep up with their own stories and become tangled in a tale of deception, disguise.

• Fri-Sun, Sept. 10-12 at 8pm

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