Harrisburg Shakespeare Company presents its highly acclaimed educational engagement production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This delightful Shakespearean comedy features fairies, young lovers and a crew of bumbling players trying to perform a play for the Duke’s wedding celebration. Puck sums it up best…
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
Recommended for ages 12 and up, this production is extremely accessible, employing HSC’s unique educational engagement style of combining Shakespeare’s original text with modern narrations to bridge the most famous scenes from the play together into an easy-to-understand story. This dynamic show is performed by seven professional actors, all of whom play multiple characters. The performance runs 75 minutes, and each performance is followed by a talk-back discussion with the audience.
Subject matter may not be interesting for students under 12.
Matinees and Tours
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is available for reserved matinees and tours!
You may contact the Resident Theatre Manager at gamut.rtm@gmail.com to schedule a matinee or tour.
Harrisburg Shakespeare Company (HSC) has been providing a unique and widely praised cultural resource to the Central PA community since 1994. HSC is best known for Free Shakespeare in the Park, which provides critically acclaimed free performances to thousands each summer. HSC produces shows at Gamut Theatre's Select Medical Mainstage and tours a Shakespeare work annually to high schools, middle schools and colleges, in addition to the annual Free Shakespeare in the Park. HSC is the Visiting Resident Theatre Company of Penn State York and host Shakespeare-based Continuing Legal Education programs with the Dauphin County Bar Association. We are internationally recognized as well: Melissa Nicholson, Executive Director, served as President of the Shakespeare Theatre Association, the preeminent Shakespeare Theatre organization in 2017; and HSC has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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