Midsummer Nights Dream
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Paul McCracken        

Performances May 19^th thru 22^nd  &  May 26^th thru 28^th  all performances at 7:30pm

at Homewood Central Park in Homewood

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Lysander loves Hermia, and Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius; Demetrius used to love Helena but now loves Hermia. Egeus, Hermia's father, prefers Demetrius as a suitor, and enlists the aid of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to enforce his wishes upon his daughter. She is given four days to choose between Demetrius, life in a nunnery, or a death sentence. Hermia, ever defiant, chooses to escape with Lysander into the surrounding forest.

Meanwhile, complications arise in the forest. Oberon and Titania, King and Queen of Fairies, are locked in a dispute over a boy whom Titania has adopted. Oberon instructs his servant Puck to bring him magic love drops, which Oberon will sprinkle on the Queen's eyelids as she sleeps, whereupon Titania will fall in love with the first creature she sees upon awakening.

Meanwhile, Helena and Demetrius have also fled into the woods after Lysander and Hermia. Oberon, overhearing Demetrius's denouncement of Helena, takes pity upon her and tells Puck to place the magic drops upon the eyelids of Demetrius as well, so that Demetrius may fall in love with Helena.

Meanwhile, in the midst of this chaos, a group of craftsmen are rehearsing for a production of "Pyramus and Thisbe," to be played for the Duke at his wedding. Puck impishly casts a spell on Bottom to give him the head of a donkey. Bottom, as luck would have it, is the first thing Titania sees when she awakens.

Then it gets crazy.

Cast of Characters

Theseus, Duke of Athens

 Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and betrothed of Theseus

 Egeus, father of Hermia, wants to force Hermia to marry Demetrius

 Lysander, beloved of Hermia

 Hermia, beloved of Lysander

 Demetrius, in love with Hermia

 Helena, in love with Demetrius

 Philostrate, Master of the Revels for Theseus

 Oberon, King of the Fairies

 Titania, Queen of the Fairies

 Puck, a.k.a. Robin Goodfellow, servant to Oberon

 Peaseblossom, fairy

 Cobweb, fairy

 Moth, fairy

 Mustardseed, fairy

 Peter Quince, carpenter, who leads the troupe.

 Nick Bottom, weaver; he plays Pyramus in the troupe's production of "Pyramus and Thisbe".

 Francis Flute, the bellows-mender who plays Thisbe.

 Robin Starveling, the tailor who plays Moonshine.

 Tom Snout, the tinker who plays Wall.

 Snug, the joiner who plays Lion.