The King of Prussia Players Our 51st Season of Fine and Fun Productions The Players' Home Ticket Information: "First Nighters" Buy Tickets@ Reserve Tickets! Become a Member! Sponsor a Show! Member's Calendar Theater Directions: Shannondell UMAHS UMAMS Audition Information Production History About Shannondell Publicity and Press Spring 2008 at UMAHS: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Director: David Ben Leavitt Audition Dates: Auditions at Shannondell By Appointment: Saturday, December 1st, 2007 @ 1pm Auditions at UMAHS By Appointment: Monday, December 3rd, 2007 @ 7:30pm Open Call: Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 @ 7:30pm Performance Dates: All Performances are at UMAHS Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 @  7:30pm Thursday, April, 24th, 2008 @ 7:30pm Friday, April 25th, 2008 @ 7:30pm Saturday, April 26th, 2008 @ 2:00pm Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ 7:30pm Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 7:30pm Our Players Our Creative Staff Theseus Steven McChesney Director David Ben Leavitt Hippolyta Andrea Ambs Assistant Director Jeff Prushankin Egeus Christopher Burgher Choreographer Melody Stanert Lysander Kevin White Producer Erin Guard Demetrius Ben Fried Sound Designer Jim P. Balcerek Hermia Catherine Weingarten Lighting Designer Brian Ambler Helena Sara Long Set Painter Dana McGahey Philostrate Tom Blair Stage Manager Janet Prushankin Antiope Betsy Brookshier Stage Manager Mark Sborlini Costume Coordinator Suzi Scarborough Oberon Steven McChesney Titania Andrea Ambs Puck Tom Blair Peaseblossom Anna McGahey Cobweb Kathryn Figgins Moth Margaret Crush Mustardseed Regina Burgher Thorn Connie Crush Gossamer Peri Alexa Leavitt Peter Quince Robert De Remigio Nick Bottom Barry Lee Crush Francis Flute Keith Prushankin Tom Snout David Moyer Robin Starveling Jon Paleologos Snug Brian Henley Let's see, there are Theseus and Hippolyta, Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, Oberon and Titania, and the would be players: Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout and Starveling. While life may not be going exactly their way, leave it to Puck to make a true mess of their situations. Lucille Ball probably slept with this script under her pillow. Now if the names were Michael and Lena, Seth and Sabrina or some other combinations from the soap operas, you could be waiting days for the next relevant episode (or weeks, or even years) to find out what happens. Fear not, the Bard ties it all up in just 5 hilarious acts with a play within the play ("This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard") thrown in for good measure. The consensus of the experts is that, along with being one of Shakespeare's funniest plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps his only truly original plot. David Ben Leavitt directs the fun and games (and an outstanding cast) to the merriment of all. The Players haven't done Shakespeare often (actually, unless you consider Kiss Me, Kate or Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Shakespearian, that would be... never.)  But David does excellent Shakespearean productions for other groups on a regular basis and The Players are more than up to the task of providing stunning staging and costumes for this wonderful romp through the Grecian woods. Please join us as we top off the 2007-2008 season with something completely different.

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