Spring Break
Midsummer In Mid-Spring
Shakespearian Comedy Featured At Mobius Theater
Katie Hannafin
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: Focus
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," one of Shakespeare's most popular works, is being performed this weekend by the Department of Dramatic Arts in the Mobius Theater, Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
"If you're looking for an enjoyable way to spend your weekend, please come see this heartfelt, thought-provoking and fun production," said graduate student and director Nick Dillenburg.
The show is free - first come first serve - and the Mobius Theater is located next to the Nafe Katter Theater in the School of Fine Arts on Bolton Road.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a Shakespearian romantic comedy that portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of hilarious amateur actors, and their interactions with the royalty of Athens as well as fairies that inhabit a moonlit forest. It is a perfect performance for springtime that has the ability to entice its audience with magical elements, and roar with laughter with outrageous scenes.
"I've seen the musical version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and I thought that was really cool," said Lauren Tsou, 2nd-semester biological sciences major. "I'm interested in seeing what the original version is like too."
Dillenburg said that he chose to do this show because it suits the actors that the department had and it seemed like a perfect show to do at the end of the school year due to because of fun it is.
"My favorite part about directing this show is working with the actors to make the characters come alive," said Dillenburg. "We create another world in the theater, full of people with needs, desires, and obstacles to overcome. When you see the actors perform, hopefully you'll feel the complete transformation to become someone else and then, put together a story that delights and moves us."
"Midsummer" might seem like an over-performed show, however it always seems to feature unique flairs in each production. A beautiful and comedic story of love, magic, hopes, and dreams will make for a very entertaining (and free) evening.
Contact Katie Hannafin at Katherine.Hannafin@UConn.edu.
"If you're looking for an enjoyable way to spend your weekend, please come see this heartfelt, thought-provoking and fun production," said graduate student and director Nick Dillenburg.
The show is free - first come first serve - and the Mobius Theater is located next to the Nafe Katter Theater in the School of Fine Arts on Bolton Road.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a Shakespearian romantic comedy that portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of hilarious amateur actors, and their interactions with the royalty of Athens as well as fairies that inhabit a moonlit forest. It is a perfect performance for springtime that has the ability to entice its audience with magical elements, and roar with laughter with outrageous scenes.
"I've seen the musical version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and I thought that was really cool," said Lauren Tsou, 2nd-semester biological sciences major. "I'm interested in seeing what the original version is like too."
Dillenburg said that he chose to do this show because it suits the actors that the department had and it seemed like a perfect show to do at the end of the school year due to because of fun it is.
"My favorite part about directing this show is working with the actors to make the characters come alive," said Dillenburg. "We create another world in the theater, full of people with needs, desires, and obstacles to overcome. When you see the actors perform, hopefully you'll feel the complete transformation to become someone else and then, put together a story that delights and moves us."
"Midsummer" might seem like an over-performed show, however it always seems to feature unique flairs in each production. A beautiful and comedic story of love, magic, hopes, and dreams will make for a very entertaining (and free) evening.
Contact Katie Hannafin at Katherine.Hannafin@UConn.edu.
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