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X-WR-CALNAME:A Midsummer Night's Dream - Presented by the Shakespeare & Per
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DESCRIPTION:Enter a technicolor fairyland where love-struck mortals and mis
 chievous spirits mingle\, and the enchanted flowers hide the darkness of t
 he forest floor. On Monday\, April 27th\, the 1st Year MLitt students of M
 BU’s Shakespeare & Performance program present Shakespeare’s classic c
 omedy\, A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, at the American Shakespeare Center
 ’s Blackfriars Playhouse. \n\n \n\nInspired by the glamour of post-WWII 
 Hollywood\, and the ingenuity of the American Regional theater movement\, 
 this production brings new life to one of Shakespeare’s best known works
 . \n\n \n\nIt’s wedding season in Athens\, where Duke Theseus and Hippol
 yta\, Queen of the Amazons\, are entering a diplomatic marriage amid the c
 losure of war. The royal fairy court outside Athens is contending with the
 ir own strife\, heightened by the arrival of mortal lovers fleeing unwante
 d marriages\, and an amateur theater group hoping to make their debut at T
 heseus’ wedding. When fairy King Oberon meddles with the mortals to mani
 pulate his Queen\, Titania\, love potions pour and hijinks ensue.\n\n \n\n
 This production is the culmination of the coursework taken by first year s
 tudents in the Shakespeare & Performance program\, as they work towards th
 eir Master of Letters and Master of Fine Arts. Co-directed by Doreen Becht
 ol and Matt Davies in their 14th collaborative production\, the performanc
 e features student work in all aspects\, from costume design to choreograp
 hy and beyond. \n\n \n\nThe production includes the performance work of:\n
 \nSusanna Lyne…..Theseus\n\nSophia Kahn…..Hippolyta/First Fairy\n\nCai
 tlyn Bryant…..Egeus/Philostrate\n\nMarguerite Arbogast and Bianca Moten
 …..Hermia\n\nJoseph Marsh…..Lysander\n\nKevin Hammond…..Demetrius\n\
 nMary Newton and Kassidy McCormack…..Helena\n\nLeah Soderstrom…..Peter
  Quince\n\nChris Rothbauer…..Nick Bottom\n\nDrew Johnson…..Francis Flu
 te\n\nVex Bauer…..Tom Snout\n\nAnalise Toone…..Snug\n\nSam Mundy…..R
 obin Starveling\n\nKelsey Rich and Oliver Chase Marten…..Puck\n\nRoberto
  Williams and Evin McQuistion…..Oberon\n\nCarlyle DePriest…..Titania\n
 \nSiena Maxwell…..Cobweb\n\nCailyn Mickelsen…..Moth\n\nGabby Gozdecki
 …..Mustardseed\n\nSara Bateman…..Peaseblossom\n\nHaleigh Compton and G
 uy Aiken…..Assistant Directors/Text Coaches\n\n \n\nThis performance is 
 Pay-What-You-Will at the Blackfriars Playhouse\, located at 10 S Market St
 .\, Staunton\, VA\, 24401. Show will start at 7:30pm and runs without an i
 ntermission.
GEO:42.360608;-71.054159
LOCATION:The Blackfriars Playhouse
SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream - Presented by the Shakespeare & Performa
 nce First Year Cohort
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.marybaldwin.edu/event/MidsummerNightsDream2026
CATEGORIES:Performances and Exhibits
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