A Warm Midsummer Night

Tonight I saw the last play in CalShakes
summer season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It was an unusually warm evening, and it was a nice production. The set was quite basic, but used effectively The initial monochrome backdrop for the city was pulled up revealing a backside that become fluffy cotton-ball like clouds, and suspended and piled sticks interestingly capturing the feel of a forest.. The stage was just covered by dark brown wood chips giving a very basic feel. The movement of the fairy queen was well choreographed as she was carried around by other faeries giving her the illusion of flying around. Bill and Andi made this one, and we all enjoyed it quite a bit. A nice way to cap off this season with CalShakes … but I’m not done yet.