FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK

JUNE 2004

By William Shakespeare
Directed by J. Clark Nicholson

CREW

CAST

David N. Taylor
Theseus

Karen E. Ruch
Hippolyta

Tim Stanton
Egeus

Jessica Lynes
Philostrate

Alexis Dow
Hermia

Jeremy A. Wingle
Lysander

Matthew Lorenz
Demetrius

Jacquie Williams
Helena

Michele Manduchi
Peter Quince

Barrett Rhoads
Snug

Kent McNeillie
Bottom

Scott Lichtenwalner
Flute

Sean Adams
Snout

Jamie Tyrrell
Starveling

Melissa Dunphy
Cobweb

Kristin Chiles
Peaseblossom

Amber E. Wagner
Moth

Kate Magill
Mustardseed

Alyssha & Stephanie Jordan
Sparx

Mark Robinson
Puck

Doug Durlacher
Oberon

Danielle Liccardo
Titania

Brett Longenbach /
Ryan Rash
Changeling Boy

Midsummer is a series of encounters between an odd assortment of citizens from Athens and the mystical beings that live in the wood outside the town. It is a dance, a fight, a love-making and a wallow between the order of Society and the order of Nature. When they part, they have both been reshaped by forces of order and chaos. Oh... and this play is also extremely funny.

A celebration of Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival's tenth anniversary of Free Shakespeare in the Park, this show was a tribute to HSF's original production – this time, with a budget. The setting was the ruins of an ancient building on the outskirts of Athens, overgrown with both vegetation and with garbage. The faerie band played live music in piles of junk as the lovers chased each other through fences and around a dumpster, while Oberon watched from beneath a living tree. With a wildly acrobatic Puck and topped off by an outrageous performance by the Mechanicals, this Dream was the beginning of a new era for the Gamut Theatre.