Freely adapted from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By Ed Graczyk

Directed by
Samuel Richardson
And
Dominique Hinde Eisengruber

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

Synopsis:
With scant allegiance to the work of Shakespeare, this play takes many liberties with the Bard’s text. In doing so, it achieves a comedy style of its own. Peter Quince the carpenter is out of work, and in his idleness, persuades his friends, “the rude mechanicals,” to compete for a prize the duke is offering for a play to be performed in honor of his wedding. The rude mechanicals snatch at the chance to recoup their failing fortunes. Manipulated by Puck, a playful sprite, Quince writes a play about Pyramus and Thisbe and recruits the rude mechanicals to perform in it. It proves to be a riot and wins the prize.

Cast:
Robin Goodfellow – Micah Blumner
Peter Quince – Rhea Treece
Snug – Evie Popovits
Nick Bottom – Victor Hinojosa
Francis Flute – Caleb Simonye
Tom Snout – Jada Levy
Robin Starveling – Crimson Aldrich
Theseus – Theodore Entrekin
Hippolyts – Juniper Beuthin
Propman – Aymie Lee

Length:
Aprox. 60 mins

Special Thanks To:
Heidi Hemphill
Mary Coyne
Tricia and Martin Richardson