Amazons, fairies and lovers are abound in the drama departments production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare's comedy about love's enchantment, opening Thursday in the Moore Theater at the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.
Drama Professor James Loehlin directs the student cast that stars Nate Levine '97 as Puck, andEyal Podel '97 and Amanda Jones '97 as the lovers Lysanderand Hermia.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday July 27 through Sunday July 30, Thursdays, Aug. 3 and 10, and Fridays, Aug. 4 and 11. Performances at 5 p.m. are scheduled Saturdays, Aug. 5 and 12.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, which is set in the palace of Theseus and the surrounding forest, focuses on four pairs of lovers who are enthralled by their love for each other and the enchantments of the forest and its inhabitingspirits.
The play is a complex weave of four stories that intersect each other and even includes a play within a play. The action involves the tensions between Theseus and Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, on the eve of their wedding, and the wanderings of four lovers: Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena.
"This play is one of Shakespeare's fullest explorations of love and it's effects, from the repression in the beginning to the freedom and sensuality of the life in the forest." Loehlin said in a Hopkins Center press release.
Admission to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in The Moore Theater of the Hopkins Center is $ 9.50 for reserved seats and $3.50 for Dartmouth students.
Tickets and information are available from the Hopkins Center Box Office, open Mondays from noon to 5 p.m. and Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8:30 p.m.
