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Carbondale friends: thanks to the weather's cooperation we will be outside tonight. It is however a little cooler in the evening than it has been the past few weeks. Please remember to bring your summer sweaters or an extra picnic blanket so you can stay warm under the stars as we bring Shakespeare to your "backyard" tonight!
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 2012 Tour
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Saturday, June 2, 7:00pm
Hickory Lodge - Carbondale, IL
Give me your hands, if we be friends...
Our 2012 Tour ends on Saturday, June 2 in Carbondale, IL. Join us as we present A Midsummer Night's Dream in 360 degrees on the lawn in front of the beautiful Hickory Lodge. We invite you to bring a picnic, a blanket (or chair), your friends and family and your sense of play as we surround you with midsummer mischief and revelry. The play is about 90 minutes with no intermission. If you have any specific questions, please e-mail [email protected].
Parking is available behind Hickory Lodge. We do encourage guests to arrive a little before 7:00pm to find a seat and relax. In case of inclement weather check back here or on our facebook page for updates.
No reservations are required. This is a first come first served event, but if you would like to let us know you are planning on attending feel free to RSVP on our facebook event page.
Parking is available behind Hickory Lodge. We do encourage guests to arrive a little before 7:00pm to find a seat and relax. In case of inclement weather check back here or on our facebook page for updates.
No reservations are required. This is a first come first served event, but if you would like to let us know you are planning on attending feel free to RSVP on our facebook event page.
Location: Hickory Lodge
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About the playOften considered Shakespeare's marriage play, A Midsummer Night's Dream is really four stories in one. The play opens on the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and his bride-to-be Hippolyta (the first story) as they briefly discuss their wedding. Quickly they are interrupted and we learn of a pair of lovers and an angry father (the second story). When the Duke leaves to counsel his subject the lovers devise to run away through the forest. Before we follow them there, we move into town and meet a group of "Rude Mechanicals," skilled-laborers of Athens, that are bent on creating a play to present to the Duke on his wedding day (third story). The Rude Mechanicals also decide to visit the forest in order to rehearse this play. From there we move into the forest where we meet Robin Goodfellow and his fellow fairies. The Fairy King and Queen, Oberon and Titania, are in the midst of an argument that is causing ripples throughout both fairy and human worlds (fourth story), and this particular midsummer night is the night Oberon chooses to end the argument one way or another. The stories all come crashing together as fairies, lovers, workers and eventually the Duke himself meet in the woods, having encounters that lead them all to wonder just what happened and what might have simply been a dream.
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The 2012 tour is partially supported by the Carbondale Community Arts Southern Arts Fund and by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.