Perhaps the theatre’s first “fairy tale”, Shakespeare’s lyrical comedy weaves together a trio of stories set in a magical wood. During the course of a moonlit evening, four young lovers escape to the forest on a fantastic adventure, changing them forever.
“charming” “Midsummer’s magic”Classical Voice of North Carolina
“sweep[s] away all previous notions of Midsummer”The News & Observer
Zachary Fine, Ray Dooley. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Arielle Yoder, Schuyler Scott Mastain. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ensemble. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Julie Fishell, Ray Dooley. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ray Dooley. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Lisa Birnbaum. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Arielle Yoder. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ensemble. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ray Dooley, Zachary Fine. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Allison Altman. Photo by Jon Gardiner
William Hughes, Allison Altman, Schuyler Scott Mastain. Photo by Jon Gardiner
William Hughes, Schuyler Scott Mastain. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ray Dooley. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Lisa Birnbaum, Julie Fishell. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Lisa Birnbaum, Zachary Fine. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Lisa Birnbaum, Zachary Fine. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Zachary Fine, Lisa Birnbaum. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ensemble;. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ray Dooley. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Kathryn Hunter Williams, Sehee Lee, Benjamin Curns, Julie Fishell. Photo by Jon Gardiner
William Shakespeare’s origins are obscure but the little evidence that we have suggests that he was christened in Stratford-on-Avon, April 26, 1564...
We sat in on a lively conversation between veteran company member Ray Dooley, featured in our previous post, and PlayMakers newcomer Zachary Fine. They are both starring in our current production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, onstage through Dec 7. (Buy Tickets Here) Read below to see what they have to say about the production and… Read more »
If you’ve been with us before, then you likely already know Ray Dooley‘s work. This season marks Ray’s 25th anniversary as a company member of PlayMakers...
Shana Cooper makes her PlayMakers’ directorial debut with A Midsummer Night’s Dream...
Theater design of all types often begins by thinking about metaphors. As designers we try to get to the heart of what the playwright is saying...
The critic Northrup Frye in “The Mythos of Spring” forcefully articulated this contrast between imagination and authority. Frye points out...
Both James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream trade upon the familiar...
PlayMakers takes audiences into the darker reaches of the forest with two tales of magic and transformation in the theater’s annual rotating repertory event with Into the Woods and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nov. 1 to Dec. 7...
We are excited to open the Mainstage Season with the brilliant new comedy by Christopher Durang, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Three siblings collide...
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