His plays, which are often plopped down in the lush environs of fancy domiciles or out in nature among the flora and fauna, just beg for wonderful, imaginative scenery, clever set construction, or colorful gimcracks in profusion.
That means it falls upon the cast, director and costumer to make the magic happen. And in their current production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the magic is bountiful indeed. Director Dusten Welch keeps his performers, all of whom play multiple roles, in almost constant motion as they run in and out of their portable backstage unit where they change costumes .
These mortals also include a band of workmen who are preparing to enact the story of"Pyramus and Thisby" for the Duke's wedding celebration. They are led by Bottom, a pushy fellow who is given a donkey's head by Puck. Not satisfied with that, Puck then makes Oberon's elegant queen Titania fall in love with Bottom whom Puck has gifted with the head of an ass.
The talented cast is highlighted by a few extraordinary performances. In the role of lover Lysander and later in the cross-gender role of a workman playing Thisbe, Sam Bartlett lights up the stage with his deft timing and precise diction. He is matched by Cole Tarantowski as a competing lover Demetrius. And when the two finally clash mano-a-mano, the physical humor is a combination of The Three Stooges and one of the better slapstick efforts on SNL.
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