The play received its first staged reading last summer at the 2007 Playwrights Showcase of the Western Region. As a direct result of the Playwrights Showcase, the play's production and upcoming publication by Pioneer Drama Service give hope to all aspiring playwrights and prove the fruitfulness and necessity of such conferences.
Pioneer Drama Service is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of A Midsummer Night's Western. This creative adaptation, by young Colorado playwright August Mergelman had its first staged reading at The Playwrights Showcase of the Western Region in 2007.
The play will have its world premiere this month at Red Rocks Community College, less than one year after its first staged reading at the Showcase. With its adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in a western setting, the play will be presented as part of RRCC's "Git Along, Shakespeare" festival.
Called "...the most significant event of its kind in the history of Colorado" by John Moore, Theatre Critic for the Denver Post, this very special event supports the original work of playwrights living in the western United States
Offering an Associate of Arts with an emphasis in Theatre Arts or Music Theatre and an Associate of Applied Science in Theatre Technology, as well as certificates in Stagehand Basics, Stagecraft, Costume Basics, and Costumes & Fashion.
As four high school friends gather to cram for a midterm on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', the play comes to life before their eyes... literally.
Robin Goodfellow, the lovable "Puck" from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is now working for an advertising agency dispensing his love potions from aerosol cans.
