Musical Workshop Presentation: A Midsummer Nightmare: The Musical Sequel to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

by Michael Shaw Fisher
directed & produced by Scott Leggett
musical direction by Anthony Lucca
choreographed by Camal Pugh
co-produced & assistant directed by Alli Miller-Fisher

TWO NIGHTS ONLY!
RESCHEDULED - NEW DATES:
Tue, Feb. 25 @ 8pm
Thu, Jan. 27 @ 8pm

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It's been 13 years since the events of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it has been anything but marital bliss for the two couples, Hermia/Lysanser and Helena/Demetrius. Overrun with secrets, infidelity, and bitterness, it seems the only person who still loves like he did when they were younger is Demetrius, who unknowingly still bears love's spell bestowed upon him by the faeries.

Meanwhile, the mortal changeling boy taken by Titania and Oberon to the faerie realm in A Midsummer Night's Dream has grown into an angry outcast living in the woods, dreaming of a mortal life and finally getting all that's owed to him. Both the mortal world and the faerie will be thrown into chaos as these characters collide, secrets will be exposed, and a blood-thirsty beast will be unleashed upon the people of Athens.

From Michael Shaw Fisher, the 2023 Drama Critic Circle winning writer/composer of Exorcistic, comes this staged reading of his original new musical, which uses pop, hip-hop, rock, and classical musical theatre styles to create a sequel we've been waiting 400 years for. Come join Sacred Fools for this limited staged reading event directed by Scott Leggett, choreographed by Camal Pugh, and musical directed by Anthony Lucca. Join us on the threshold of this new musical's great adventure - we promise, with an adaptation this wild, anything can happen!

Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can, but please consider giving more to help Sacred Fools with future productions!

Info & video from the first phase of the workshop here!

Performing on the Broadwater Second Stage (Entrance at 6320 Santa Monica Blvd.)

Cast

Natalie Masini as Hippolyta
Emma Hunton as Hermia
Amber Wright as Helena
Thomas Hobson as Lysander
Lucas Alifano as Demetrius
Leigh Wulff as Titania
Richardson Cisneros-Jones as Oberon/Francis Flute
Trevin Goin as Bottom
Janaya Mahealani Jones as Merowick
Eric B. Anthony as Puck
Mitchell Gerrard Johnson as Ariel
Everjohn Feliciano as Snug
Erika Mireya Cruz as Starveling
Cj Merriman as Snout

Crew

Directed & Produced for Sacred Fools by Scott Leggett
Assistant Director / Co-Producer - Alli Miller-Fisher
Musical Director - Anthony Lucca
Choreographer - Camal Pugh
Costume & Projection Design - Chadd McMillan
Stage Manager - Rebecca Schoenberg
Key Art - Michelle Hanzelova