A reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic play, witness the magic and whimsy under the stars in the heart of Downtown Sudbury at the Refettorio.
Preview Performance - July 21
Preview performances are simply “still in process” meaning the show is essentially fully complete, but the company is still in the rehearsal process. These performances are your first chance to see the show AND at a discounted price.
1920’s. Theseus, owner of a big city night-club, might or might not have mob connections. Powerful and controlling, he is about to celebrate his marriage to jazz legend, Hippolyta.
Newly awakened attitudes to the patriarchy, women’s rights (including rights over her own body) and civil rights, are starting to be addressed in this lawless, post-war world, so when a local family seeks help to manage a disobedient daughter, well, frictions fly.
Everyone just wants to find love as the whole kit and caboodle gets turned on its head one magical midsummer night when mischievous fairies come out to invade their dreams… will they be any wiser for it?