A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s bombastic comedy about Love transformed has not been performed at the Ruins since 1995! The play is primed for a joyous revival. The Trappist park will effortlessly transform itself into the Forest of Arden, where young lovers and age-old fairies wage battles of power and desire. This is Shakespeare’s first great comedy, and undoubtedly one of his most enduringly popular. It has all the ingredients of a classic romantic comedy: a magical setting; a merry go round of earnest young lovers; a fairy king and queen; a troop of hapless comic actors…all given a supernatural spin over a single moonlit night.
Produced in 2024 by Shakespeare in the Ruins.
Director - Rodrigo Beilfuss
Associate Director & Movement Director - Matthew Paris-Irvine
Text Coach - Christopher Brauer
Production Stage Manager - Katie Hoppa
Stage Manager - Ridge Romanishen
Assistant Stage Manager - Samantha Sage
Set & Props Designer - Kate George
Costume Designer - Brenda McLean
Music Director - Hera Nalam
Fight Director - Jacquie Loewen
Production Manager - Steve Vande Vyvere
Technical Director - Cari Simpson
Props & Set Coordinator - Rachel Baziuk
Wardrobe Coordinator - Julia Anderson
Titania / Hippolita - Sharon Bajer
Bottom / Egeus - Joshua Beaudry
Helena / Moth - Melissa Langdon
Lysandra / Starvling / Peaseblossom - Christine Leslie
Oberon / Peter Quince - Arne MacPherson
Puck - Ross McMillan
Hermia / Snug / Mustardseed - Hera Nalam
Theseus / Flute / Cobweb - Tom Soares
Demetrius / Snout - Elio Zarrillo
(Photos by Leif Norman)
