Is love for the foolish?
Four Athenian youths reject their parents’ efforts to interfere in their romantic lives, and choose to run away instead of facing the love-limiting laws of the land. Lost in the surrounding wilderness, the lovers stumble upon a fairy kingdom in conflict; a spat between the fairy king and queen so great it threatens to alter the earth’s orbit and suspend its seasons. A group of laborers, secretly rehearsing their play for a royal competition, also wander unwittingly into the middle of the fairy battle. Mayhem ensues, and Shakespeare confirms we can all prove an ass when in love.
CAST
LEE THOMAS CORTOPASSI - Puck
TIM DUGAN* - Peter Quince
TYLER ELLIOTT - Lysander
GABRIEL ELMORE - Demetrius
RAFI MILLS - Flute
CHRISTOPHER PATRICK MULLEN* - Titania
SARAH STRYKER - Helena
IVANA R. THOMPSON - Hermia
IMANI LEE WILLIAMS - Snug
DEANNA S WRIGHT* - Oberon
STEVEN ANTHONY WRIGHT* - Bottom
ZACHARY VALDEZ - Snout
All other characters played by the ensemble.
*member of Actors’ Equity Association.
CREATIVE
ALEX BURNS Director / Sound Design
JOHN BURKLAND Light Design
SUMMER LEE JACK Costume Design
ALEX BURNS / SANTINO LO Set Design
DAVID COPE Composer
JANET PILLA MERINI Choreography
BESS ROWAN Intimacy Director
KEVIN BERGEN Voice & Text Coach
SEAN BRADLEY Fight Direction
WILHELM PETERS* Stage Manager
LIZ NUGENT* Assistant Stage Manager
KARLY AMATO Assistant Stage Manager
