A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Theatre, 2016)

Folger Theatre produced William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Aaron Posner, from January 26 to March 13, 2016.

Production

Entertainment unions represented in Folger Theatre productions include The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (**), United Scenic Artists (***), and the Actors' Equity Association (*), which includes members of the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

Cast

Justina Adorno: Starveling
Elliott Bales* : Egeus
Desmond Bing: Demetrius
Adam Wesley Brown*: Lysander
Caroline Stefanie Clay*: Hippolyta/Titania
Megan Graves: Snug/Philostrate
Eric Hissom*: Theseus/Oberon
Betsy Megavero*: Hermia
Monique Robinson*: Snout
Richard Ruiz*: Peter Quince
Dani Stoller: Francis Flute
Holly Twyford*: Nick Bottom
Erin Weaver*: Puck
Kim Wong*: Helena

Understudies

Jacqueline Chenault: Mechanicals
Megan Graves: Hermia/Puck
Jennifer Hopkins: Titania/Hippolyta/Bottom
Jeff Keogh: Theseus/Oberon/Egeus
Lilian Oben: Mechanicals
Zachary Powell: Demetrius/Lysander
Scott Alan Small: Peter Quince
Dani Stoller: Helena

Creative team

Aaron Posner, Director
Erika Chong Shuch, Choreographer
Paige Hathaway, Scenic Design
Devon Painter, Costume Design
Jesse Belsky, Lighting Design
Sarah Pickett, Sound Design and Additional Music
Andre Pluess, Original Music
Michele Osherow, Resident Dramaturg
Daryl Eisenberg, CSA, New York Casting
Marne Anderson, Production Stage Manager
Elisabeth Ribar, Assistant Stage Manager

Production team

Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director
Katharine Pitt, Humanities Programs Assistant
Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant
Nate Dendy, Magic Consultant
Cassie Ash, Assistant Director
Jenna Duncan, Assistant Director
Elizabeth Brodie, Production Assistant
Monique Robinson, Dance Captain
Tony Koehler, Props Master
Bella Faccia, Inc., Scenic Construction
Brian Gillick, Tyler Herald, Richard Ouellette, Scenic Painters
Kate Fulop, Assistant Costume Designer
Cidney Forkpah, Wardrobe Head
Mariah Hale, Ansaldo Costumes, Adalia Tonneyck, and Denise Wagner, Costume Construction
John Brandon Baird, Costume Construction
James Neylon, Master Electrician
Amanda Kircher, Light Board Operator
Brandon Roe, Sound Engineer
WiT Media, Advertising Agency
Teresa Wood, Production Photography
James Kegley, Promotional Photography
Heather Daniels, Lee Fanning, Mark Fastoso, and APTV, Promotional Video
WAPAVA, Archival Video
C2, Open Captioning

Folger Theatre

Janet Alexander Griffin, Artistic Producer

Beth Emelson, Assistant Artistic Producer

David Polk, General Manager

Charles Flye, Theatre Production Manager

Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director

Katherine Pitt, Programs Assistant

Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant

Other media

Watch the trailer for this production of A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Reviews

Image gallery

Reed Martin, Teddy Spencer, and Austin Tichenor in William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged) Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.
Teddy Spencer and Austin Tichenor in William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged) Folger Theatre, 2016. Teresa Wood.