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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Touring 10-11

by William Shakespeare
Peter Meineck, Producing Artistic Director

For the 2010-2011 season, Aquila Theatre presents Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This timeless comedy has delighted audiences for centuries, and Aquila’s imaginative interpretation will renew the magic of Shakespeare’s plot. Set against a classical Athenian backdrop, A Midsummer Night’s Dream deals with the universal theme of love, and its attendant complications: passion, lust, frustration, depression, confusion, and, of course, marriage. Aquila weaves a web of theatrical magic that will take an audience to the heart of an enchanted forest, the injustice of the Athenian court, and the political strife of the fairy kingdom. The plot focuses on the trials and experiences of two sets of lovers, the Fairy King and Queen and their servants, and a group of rude mechanicals attempting to stage a production of “Pyramus and Thisbe” for the wedding of the Duke of Athens. At the heart of the story is the Fairy King’s servant, the impish Puck, whose magic creates an endless supply of mirth, mistaken identity, and inappropriate, if not absolutely ludicrous passions.

Aquila’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been praised by The New York Times as “Timely and pleasing...this 'Dream' soothes the eye and tickles the funny bone”.

Aquila’s comedic mastery, physical ensemble techniques, and proven successes with their critically acclaimed productions of Shakespeare promise that this will be a Dream you won’t soon forget.