The Rustic Mechanicals present A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Rustic Mechanicals present A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 11:00am
SPECIAL DAY TIME PERFORMANCE FOR STUDENTS & GENERAL PUBLIC
Tickets
General Public Admission: $16
CASD Students/Faculty: $10 **
**Bringing a large group of students? Email manager@carlisletheatre.org for special accomodations for the daytime show, a space to eat lunch, special group incentives, and more!
William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Fools for Love. Dream’s theatrical spell is powerful enough to make audiences of all ages believe in anything. Lovers lost in the woods succumb to magical potions, legendary Greek heroes plan a wedding, amateur actors rehearse a play in the forest, and the Queen of the Fairies falls in love with an ass-headed man. This play is Shakespeare’s hilarious tribute to all you can imagine.
'The course of true love never did run smooth.' Act I, scene i
ABOUT THE TOURING COMPANY
Directed by Jim Warren, alongside Intimacy Director Jessica Morgan, Movement Coach Tommy Schoffler, Voice & Text Coach Bridget Rue Esterhuizen, and Dramaturgy by John Shirley, with Technical Direction and Production Management by Seret Cole, and Production Design by Jason A Young, the Mechanicals featured in this production include Len Batson, Josh Brooks, Aaron Harris, Asa Krinov, Benjamin Martin, Kyia McGill, Stephen Phillips, Darios St. Martin Brown, Ana Sturm, Sinead Tobin, Jason A Young, and Sarah Young.
ABOUT THE TROUPE
Founded in the summer of 2014, The Rustic Mechanicals is the only troupe of actors in the state dedicated to touring the works of William Shakespeare and other classical playwrights. The Mechanicals now tour five shows annually, including their summer West Virginia Shakespeare in the Park(s) outdoor tour and script-in-hand productions that we call, “a Play, a Pie, and a Pint,” focusing on making Shakespeare’s plays accessible to modern audiences by utilizing dynamic and extreme casting techniques paired with Shakespeare’s staging conditions.
Learn more about The Vintage Theatre Company
Learn more about The Rustic Mechanicals
*The Rustic Mechanicals perform and teach on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Massawomek, Calicuas, and Moneton people; colonially known as West Virginia. It is with gratitude that we honor the land and the First Nation people who were the original stewards of our home among the hills.*
Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 11:00am
SPECIAL DAY TIME PERFORMANCE FOR STUDENTS & GENERAL PUBLIC
Tickets
General Public Admission: $16
CASD Students/Faculty: $10 **
**Bringing a large group of students? Email manager@carlisletheatre.org for special accomodations for the daytime show, a space to eat lunch, special group incentives, and more!
William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Fools for Love. Dream’s theatrical spell is powerful enough to make audiences of all ages believe in anything. Lovers lost in the woods succumb to magical potions, legendary Greek heroes plan a wedding, amateur actors rehearse a play in the forest, and the Queen of the Fairies falls in love with an ass-headed man. This play is Shakespeare’s hilarious tribute to all you can imagine.
'The course of true love never did run smooth.' Act I, scene i
ABOUT THE TOURING COMPANY
Directed by Jim Warren, alongside Intimacy Director Jessica Morgan, Movement Coach Tommy Schoffler, Voice & Text Coach Bridget Rue Esterhuizen, and Dramaturgy by John Shirley, with Technical Direction and Production Management by Seret Cole, and Production Design by Jason A Young, the Mechanicals featured in this production include Len Batson, Josh Brooks, Aaron Harris, Asa Krinov, Benjamin Martin, Kyia McGill, Stephen Phillips, Darios St. Martin Brown, Ana Sturm, Sinead Tobin, Jason A Young, and Sarah Young.
ABOUT THE TROUPE
Founded in the summer of 2014, The Rustic Mechanicals is the only troupe of actors in the state dedicated to touring the works of William Shakespeare and other classical playwrights. The Mechanicals now tour five shows annually, including their summer West Virginia Shakespeare in the Park(s) outdoor tour and script-in-hand productions that we call, “a Play, a Pie, and a Pint,” focusing on making Shakespeare’s plays accessible to modern audiences by utilizing dynamic and extreme casting techniques paired with Shakespeare’s staging conditions.
Learn more about The Vintage Theatre Company
Learn more about The Rustic Mechanicals
*The Rustic Mechanicals perform and teach on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Massawomek, Calicuas, and Moneton people; colonially known as West Virginia. It is with gratitude that we honor the land and the First Nation people who were the original stewards of our home among the hills.*