A Midsummer Night's Dream

By William Shakespeare | World Premiere
Directed by Melissa Hillman
Feb 6–Mar 14 | Thu–Sat 8pm | Directions

Winner, Best New Play of 1605—Queen Elizabeth I

"Better than the Bard's Winter's Tale and his lesser-known Fall Revels and Spring into Action, all rolled together"—Stratford-U-A Herald

In February 2009, Hillman directs the company’s seventh classic, but there’s a twist: this time she takes on Shakespearean comedy. Previous outings—Henry IV, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, and Measure for Measure—have been dramas. Now she turns her attention to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the beloved romantic comedy. Hillman, once again displaying her talent for modernizing classic texts while retaining the original language, sets her production in the world of 1980s nightclubs. Marissa Keltie, most recently seen at Impact in Hillman’s blistering production of ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, is slated to play Helena.