A Midsummer Night's Dream

The magic world of our story.

The explorer discovers amazing things amongst the rubble of the theatre.

The story begins as they dance a dangerous dance with each other.

The faeries emerge from the darkness of the wood.

Oberon attempts to sway Titania.

Titania prepares to bed away, watched over by her fae court.

Oberon prepares to discover what the crazy lovers are up to in his world.

Helena dictates their folly to the bewitched men.

Puck transfixes one of the lovers with the magic of the flower.

The magic evening passes, the lovers sleep.

The Mechanical do discharge their story of lovers' woe.

by William Shakespeare

UMKC Theatre, Studio Theatre 116

April 2010

Directed by Theodore Swetz

Scenic Design by Pan Leung

Lighting Design by Richard L. Sprecker

Sound Design by Merlin Alexandre James Salisbury

Music composed by Timothy Munger

Photography by Stacey Schmitz and Richard L. Sprecker

Among Shakespeare's most memorable plays, this production set the scene in an abandoned theatre. An intreped explorer begins to poke about in the rubble, and suddenly the magic enters the space, and the story unfolds before her very eyes. As the faeries emerge, the magic overtakes the explorer and she becomes our Puck. Always a challenge to separate the worlds of magic and normalcy, this production was great fun.

Richard L. Sprecker

Our Scene

Explorer

Theseus and Hippolyta

Faeries

Oberon and Titania

Titania and her Court

Wreaking Magics

Helena

Puck at Play

Sleeping Lovers

Roar of a Lion

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck at Play