2020 A Midsummer Nights Dream

ABOUT THE PLAY: Perhaps Shakespeare’s most beloved and cherished comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, like the bard himself, seems to transcend time. The play is set in the age of Greek heroes, an ambiguous time period that serves as the backdrop to many of the mythologies with which we are familiar. The main action of the play, which takes place in the woods near ancient Athens, is a place where time, seasons, and moon phases are controlled by feuding fairies. In our production, we have set out to have fun with a malleable temporal dimension and be “time’s subjects.”
For the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival, the concept of time is something we are reflecting on as we look back on thirty years of Shakespeare by the Sea. Amid the pandemic, the protests, and the politics that have consumed our nation in recent days and threatened our way of life, PBSF made the decision to offer a virtual festival this summer. I speak for the entire company when I say that our hearts pine for the day that we can all gather together again under the stars and “dream away the time.”

The Cast:
Lexi McCain as HELENA
Sara Grant as PUCK
Kendall Morgan Taylor as SNOUT
Brad Barfield as DUKE THESEUS
Trent Stephens as PETER QUINCE
Laura Plyler as HERMIA
Seth Trucks as BOTTOM
Matthew Paszkiet as DEMETRIUS
Edward Scott as EGEUS
Carlos Rivera as FRANCIS FLUTE
Stephen Hedger as OBERON
Vickie Anderson as HIPPOLYTA
Great VonUnruh as TITANIA
Kelly Lee Hussey as SNUG THE JOINER
John Campagnuolo as LYSANDER
Courtney Poston as PEASBLOSSOM/DRAMATURG/UNDER STUDY

Production Team:
Kermit Christman - FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Elizabeth Dashiell - C0-PRODUCER
Col. Trent Stephens - DIRECTOR
Daniel Gordon - TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Christopher Bell - SOUND DESIGN/ENGINEER/BENJAMIN HALL THEATER DIRECTOR
Kirkland Schuler - STAGE MANAGER

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