| Hermia | In love with Lysander |
| Helena | In love with Demetrius |
| Demetrius | In love with Helena |
| Lysander | In love with Hermia |
| Hippolyta | Amazon queen |
| Egeus | Hermia’s father |
| Theseus | Duke of Athens |
| Nick “Bottom” | A weaver |
| Snout | A tinker |
| Starveling | A tailor |
| Robin | Servant to fairy king |
| Cobweb | Fairy queen attendant |
| Titania | Fairy queen |
| Oberon | Fairy king |
| Magical realm characters | Titania, Oberon, and Puck |
| Mortal realm characters | Helena, Egeus, and Hermia |
| Playwright | William Shakespeare |
| Date written/performed | 1594-1596 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Green (reviewer) described directing style | “high spirits and communitarian pageantry” |
| Green (reviewer) described production style | “neither modern or period in style” |
| Green (reviewer) described set design | “dominated by three enormous mossy trees, revolving platforms and woodland slide” |
| Scheck (reviewer) described costume design | “aggressively colorful costumes, varying wildly in style” |
| Scheck (reviewer) described directing | “infused the proceedings with a madcap, musical-theater atmosphere” |
| Pyramus & Thisbe | a play within the play |
| Lysander’s line | “For aught that I could ever read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth.” |
| Hermia’s line | “O, then, what graces in my love do dwell that he hath turned a heaven unto a hell!” |
| Nick’s line | “I grant you friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us.” |
| Oberon’s line | ” Come, my queen, take hands with me, and rock the ground whereon these sleepers be.” |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
August 22, 2019