A Midsummer

Night’s Dream

Directed by

Michael J Campbell

Plot

}  -Hermia is promised to Demetrius but she and Lysander are in

love. }  -They run away together into the woods.

}  -Helena, Hermia’s friend, loves Demetrius and is jealous that he

doesn’t love her back.

}  -Titania and Oberon are the fairy king and queen.

}  -Oberon tells Puck to put love juice on Demetrius so that he will

love Helena. }  -Oberon is trying to make everyone happy.

}  -Puck puts spell on Lysander, and now both men are in love with

Helena. }  -Helena thinks they are joking with her.

}  -Helena and Hermia fight over men.

}  -Mechanicals come in and rehearse for their play in the woods.

}  -Bottom is turned into a Donkey because Oberon tells Puck to do

this, and then put potion on Titania so that she will fall in love with

him. It’s just a joke. }  -Everyone goes to sleep, and Puck fixes his mess with the

potions. }  -They wake up, love the appropriate people, and are taken back

to Athens to get married.

}  -They think that everything that happened was just a dream.

}  -Mechanicals put on funny play for wedding.

}  -Puck asks everyone to forgive him and keep in mind it was all

just a dream.

Themes

u What will be, will be.

u Things don’t always have to make sense to exist.

Concept:

1967 -Summer of love -Time of oppression -Time of classism -Psychedelic age

Sound Design

Characters

Costumes

Con

clus

ion

The 1960s were a time of classism and oppression (social and governmental), but also a time of open mindedness, love, and a gap between old fashioned methods of thinking and young minds striving to think and accept in new ways. A Midsummer Night’s Dream highlights this perfectly.