1994
Directed by Robert
S. Currier
Producer’s Perspective:
For our fifth season, we
finally gave in to the joy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
(We were quite proud that we waited five whole years
before selecting what could be considered the pick of
the crop of the Shakespeare plays.) We threw ourselves
into the fun of it with our usual abandon!
Having worked with Jeff Raz on The Comedy of Errors,
we had it in our heads that he would be the perfect
Bottom. When we called Jeff, he said he’d love to play
the role, but we had to meet his clown partner who,
he said, was born to play Puck. Many, many actors over
the years had told us that they were born to play Puck,
so we went to the meeting with a large dollop of skepticism.
Imagine our delight when we were introduced to the incredible
Diane Wasnak, a tiny, muscular clowning genius who performed
inhuman feats of athleticism and created impishly comical
characters. Not only was Diane Wasnak born to play Puck,
we think she may in fact be the spirit of Puck reincarnated.
(Continued...)
Cast of Characters |
Theseus
Hippolyta
Egeus
Lysander
Hermia
Demetrius
Helena
Quince
Snug
Bottom
Francis Flute
Snout
Starveling
Puck
Oberon
Titania
Changeling Boy
Titania's fairies
Peaseblossom
Cobweb
Mustardseed
Moth
Titania's Fairy Band
Oberon's Gang
Palace Guards
|
Peter
James Myers
Mary Knoll
John Brebner
'vid Buttaro
Vanessa Parise
Robert Weinapple
Jamie Comer
Brian Linden
Jamie Adkins+
Jeff Raz*+
Dan Wolf
Len Pettigrew
Aidan O'Shea+
Diane Wasnak+
Peter James Meyers
Mary Knoll
Jackson Cole Currier
Simone Davalos
Serenity Smith Forchion+
Aloysia Gavre-Wareham+
Nicole Garcia
Gillian Beck, Gwendolyn Bond-Upson,
Judith Brand, Kimberly Gomoll,
Amelie Kindler, Laura Pedersen-Schulz
Jamie Adkins+, Adam Coulton,
Sasha Garthwaite, Aidan O'Shea+, Bryan Steele
Adam Coulton, Sasha Garthwaite,
Bryan Steele
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Production
Staff
Artistic Director
- Robert Currier
Managing Director - Lesley Schisgall Currier
Choreographer - Gael Thompson
Costume Design - Kim Curtis
Props Design - Donyale Werle
Set & Light Design - Jim McKie
Original Musical Score - Bruce Gehrke & Dana
Mandell
Stage Manager - Lee Philipson
Fight Director - Richard Lane
Vocal Coach - Robert Parsons
Poster Design - Curtis Design |
*Member
of Actor's Equity Association
+New Pickle Circus member
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