2003
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Directed by Robert Currier
Producer (and understudy)'s Perspective:
Summer 2003 was a summer of understudies. One tense weekend Bob Currier went on for Thomas Lynch in The Merry Wives of Windsor, while Mary Knoll carried book as Sganarelle in Don Juan as I took over her much smaller role. So we thought we'd been through quite a bit by the time we got to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
When Diane Wasnak - who had created a signature Puck, complete with acrobatics done with her trained circus dog Bonzer - missed a tech rehearsal due to a stomach ache, we were concerned, but we knew she'd be fine; after all, Diane was one of the fittest people we knew, a 99-pound human muscle, a dazzling physical talent. By Tuesday night before our Friday opening, Diane was in the hospital, but I was optimistic, watching rehearsal from the house. By Wednesday night, I walked through her part in my street clothes. Thursday, I reluctantly donned the stretchy costume (it barely fit and kept ripping) and starting learning the blocking, lines and fight choreography in earnest.
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Cast of Characters |
Theseus, Duke of
Athens
Hippolyta
Egeus
Hermia
Demetrius
Lysander
Helena
Peter Quince
Bottom
Francis Flute
Starveling
Starveling's Dog
Snug
Snout
Puck
Oberon,
King of the fairies
Titania,
Queen of the fairies |
Rudy
Guerrero*
Frances Rivera
Christopher Hammond
Laurie Keith
Jeremy Koerner
Daniel Carleton
Jennifer Erdmann
Thomas Lynch*
Jonathan Gonzalez*
Doug Nolan*
Bill Olson
Bonzer
Doug Guyon
Len Pettigrew
Diane Wasnak*
Rudy Guerrero*
Frances Rivera
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Titania's
fairies |
Peaseblossom
Cobweb
Mustardseed
Moth
Additional Fairies |
Christina
Kramlich
K.T. Cockle
Esther de Monteflores-Webner
Tiffany Harrison
Olivia Hornstein, Mari Vial-Golden |
Oberon's Gang |
Noah
Benezra, Nick Gordon,
Scott Spalding, Jake Vial-Golden, Kiran Wood |
Changeling
Child |
Alec
Page |
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*Member
of Actor's Equity Association |
Production Staff
Artistic Director - Robert Currier
Managing Director - Lesley Schisgall Currier
Set Design - Bruce Lackovic
Choreography -
Cynthia Pepper
Costume Design - Maggie Whitaker
Lighting Design - Ellen Brooks
Props Design - Pegeen McGhan
Sound Design - Billie Cox
Original Score - Bruce Gherke
Production Stage Manager - Peter Spingola* |
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