A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare Like You've Never Seen Before

SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 5, 2024

By William Shakespeare
Adapted for the stage and Directed by Jeremy Webb

Join us for a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream like you've never experienced it before.

Set against the seedy underbelly of the Prohibition, this show is sexy, gritty, and dark. The scene is set with a secret pre-show, burlesque performers, and a secret Speakeasy, and you will never look at the Fairies, Lovers, and Mechanicals the same way again. Think Moulin Rouge meets Shakespeare.

Four Athenians (Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius) run away to the forest only to have Puck the Fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other. Meanwhile Puck helps his master (Oberon) play a trick on the fairy queen (Titania) - by making her fall in love with the abrasive leader of a amateur theatre troupe trying to rehearse a play for the King and Queen of Athens...who he's turned into a donkey. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, the two couples reconcile and marry, and the Fairies retreat back to the forest once more. Mischief and mayhem ensue when four young lovers run away to the forest, and find themselves tangled in a war between the Fairy King & Queen. Add in a troupe of hapless actors trying to rehearse a performance for the rulers of their city, a serious case of mistaken identity, and chaos reigns until the sun comes up again.

For a number of lucky and daring patrons, the scene will be set when they enjoy a secret pre-show in our very own Shakespeare Speakeasy before the performance. Stay tuned for more details.