A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Isabella Bonavita

Hermia and Lysander are deeply in love, but Hermia’s guardian wants them to marry Demetrius. Demetrius is pursued by Helena, whose passion goes painfully unrequited. When the Duke tells Hermia that they must obey their guardian or else die or enter a convent, Hermia and Lysander flee into a nearby wood where they are followed by Demetrius and Helena.

In another part of Athens, a group of artists are rehearsing a play to be performed at Theseus’ and Hippolyta’s marriage. The actors are earnest if not very skillful, and they, too, make plans to rendezvous in the same wood. However, the wood is a magical realm overseen by Oberon and Titania, the rulers of the fairies - and all is not right, even among enchanted creatures…

A comedy set across two worlds – the court of Athens and a mystical forest that lies beyond the city’s walls - and cast gender-blind by Why’s It Gotta Be? Theater Group to intentionally surface fresh considerations and queer themes, A Midsummer Night’s Dream the explores the irrationality of love, desire, friendship, possession, jealousy, and magic.