A Midsummer Night's Dream
January 20-29, 2023
at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)
Written By: William Shakespeare
Adapted By: hal evans
In one of the most famous of literary love quadrangles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream tells the tale of Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and Helena; four misguided lovers whose journey into the woods lands them in even more trouble, as members of the fairy kingdom decide to use them as veritable pawns in their own love games. Against the backdrop of the wedding of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta, and the fiery battle of wills between the Fairy King and Queen, Oberon and Titania, the four lovers are challenged by magic and trickery to finally work out what love is all about.
Cast
Mark Mendelsohn
Theseus/Oberon
Dinah Ndu
Hippolyta/Titania
Jay Gracia
Lysander
Graham Childers
Demetrius
Anthony Quinn Berry
Puck/Philostrate
Anna Flynn
Hermia
Claire Metusalem
Helena
Cortney Hafner
Bottom
Abigail Langston
Egeus/Quince
Jonathan Robinson
Flute/Mustardseed
Understudy for Philostrate/Puck
Dominique Meyer
Snug/2nd Fairy/Moth
Understudy for Hermia
Jordan Umphries
Starveling/Peaseblossom
Understudy for Helena
Efren Calderon
Male Swing
Emily Buesing
Fairy and Bottom Swing
Brenda Palestina
Snout/1st Fairy/Cobweb
Understudy for Hippolyta/Titania
Production Team
Vance Johnson
Director
Logan Vaden
Founding Artistic Director
Hal Evans
Dramaturg
Nicholas White
Lighting Design
Julianne McBride
Costume Design
Emily Buesing
Choreographer
Production Stage Manager
Dominique Meyer
Fight & Intimacy Captain
Taylor Moessinger &
David Allen III
Light Board Operators
Pin Lim
Photography
Norm Lanier
Logo Design