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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is directed by Laurie Harrop Purser, and Assistant Directed, with Vocal/Text work by Steven Rimke. This production/adaptation is set in Laurel Canyon in the early 1970’s, in the California Rock music culture scene, as Theseus and Hippolyta kick off the play, set at a music festival, with a battle of the bands style “sing off” competition. The “mechanicals,” that eventually perform the play within the play, are a band that opens for the stars performing a few numbers 7 minutes before the show starts.
The pairs of lovers experience radically shifting love triangles that provide rollicking good fun, as they all chase off into the woods of the Canyons to face their demons and their dreams as fairies appear and play tricks on the mortals, eventually helping them all to come to their senses. The play and this adaptation promise great fun, adventurous chase scenes, and accessible Shakespeare. Costume Design by Brooklyn Cordner, Music & Sound Design by Nate Lowry, Lighting, Projections/Set Design Rychard Curtiss. Cast list includes Rick Macy, Amanda Williams, Ryan Hopkins, Desmond Walker, Yulissa Torres, Joshua Johnson, Sydney Olsen, Seven Harrison, Sonja Hugo, Eden Bostrom, Caleb Voss, Joshua Munoz, Charli Purser, Austin Zimmerman, & Preston Ochsenhirt.