The 2008 production will be performed in the style of the great silent films of the early 1910s and 1920s, with fantastic costumes reminiscent of the Ziegfeld Follies, Valentino…, Mary Pickford and the great silent film comics Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin… all under a midsummer night’s sky!
The evening weather was absolutely perfect and we had tremendous seats. We felt like we were a part of the production as actors walked up and down the aisle mere inches from us. The acting was physically hilarious, the costumes fascinating. I loved watching the glow deepen as the sun set. As the dark gradually increased, the theater lights brightened. Oh, what a night!
Hippolyta, Philostrate, and Theseus:
Fairies and Puck:
Titania and Oberon:
Peter Quince, Bottom, and Co.:
The Gorgeous Memorial Union Quad at Dusk:
Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena:
Peter Quince Setting the Stage:
