A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Short Shakespeareans 2024 Production
Directed by Kelly Atwood & Maddy Atwood
Produced by Mark Belton
Music Director: Amy Edwards
Performances: July 31 - August 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Matinee: August 3 at 2:00 PM
Riverside Playhouse
William Shakespeare’s most magical and imaginative play, with a little enchantment. As the royals prepare to marry, four young lovers from their Athenian kingdom flee to the forest in the wake of parental disapproval. But in the woodland, these lovers’ lives are complicated upon crossing paths with feuding faerie royalty. As Oberon and Titania bicker over the changeling children, the mischievous Puck and his sprightly accomplices use an herbal spell to hilariously complicate the love-mad quartet’s forest idyll. When a group of local rustics rehearsing a play for Athens wedding also seek the quiet of the forest, the spells and confusions wrought seem unlikely to ever sort themselves out.
CAST
Emma
Allers
Lady Margaret
Cora
Belton
Perry Quince / prologue
Kyler
Belton
Francis Flute / Thisby
Olivia
Berdan
Helena
Alliah
Castro
Foxglove - Fairy
Cortana
Castro
Cobweb - Fairy
Marcus
Castro
Lil' Puck 4
Dominic
Cochran
Demetrius
Savannah
Cochran
Marigold - Fairy
Amaiyah
Coleman
Dewdrop - Fairy
Quinn
Crawford
Dafoldil - Fairy
Evelyn
Decker
Zinnia - Fairy
Olivia
Decker
Mustardseed - Fairy
Paityn
Decker
Myrtle - Fairy
Kade
Devereaux
Lysander
Holly
Edwards
Puck 2
Maisy
Edwards
Buttercup - Fairy
Frankie
Endsley
Franck (wedding planner)
Coral
Fitzgerald
Puck 1
Sunny
Fitzgerald
Peaseblossom (1st Fairy)
Claire
Flavin
Larkspur - Fairy
Finnegan
Flavin
Nick Bottom / Pryamus
Lana
Flavin
Delphinium - Fairy
Addilyn
Gill
Muskrose - Fairy
Emma
Heminger
Puck 4
Taylor
Hewitt
Oberon
Iris
Jaffe
Lady Egea
Caleb
Kellogg
Court Page
Josiah
Kellogg
Lil' Puck 3
Richie
Knemeyer
Egeus
Caroline
Kuntz
Peony - Fairy
Alice
Locke
Poppy - Fairy
Kelly
Locke
Primrose - Fairy
Nicole
Locke
Wisteria - Fairy
Piper
Lodato
Titania
Cortez
Martinez
Theseus
Cruz
Martinez
Student Director
Alora
Martinez
Peter Quince / Prologue
Herbert
Pflueger
Biddy Bantam / Tombstone
Rosalie
Pflueger
Changeling Child
Theodore
Pflueger
Lil' Puck 2
Molly
Reynolds
Hollyhock - Fairy
Natalie
Reynolds
Marcellus Mason
Aria
Robinson
Trillium - Fairy
Izel
Russell
Philostrate 1
Maya
Scanlon
Hermia
Calista
Sheets
Tom Snout / Wall
Austin
Sinner
George Angus / Dog
Sullivan
Sinner
Walter Worth / Understudy
Vivian
Smith
Saffron -Fairy
Ruth
Sperry
Sweat Pea - Fairy
Steven
Sperry
Court Page
Beatrice
Thornock
Willow - Fairy
Leo
Tiffany
Snug / Lion
Lila
Tiffany
Moth - Fairy
Will
Tiffany
Philostrate 2
Milaya
Torres
Lady Beatrice
Everly
Vertrees
Lady Rowena / (Franck's assistant)
Isabella
Webb
Honeysuckle - Fairy
Cassius
White
Lil' Puck 1
Izely
White
Puck 3
Dezmond
White
Robin Starveling / moonshine
Hannah
Wright
Hippolyta
