Listen in as director Lynnea Benson and performers Marcus Watson, Amy Frances Quint, Erick Gonzalez, Kyle Primack, and Kevin Hauver of Frog & Peach Theatre Company‘s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, discuss why the company returned to the forest outside of Athens, bucket-list roles, the politics of Midsummer, playing different roles in the same play after six years, trusting collaborators to push you in new and exciting directions, and how to not only give the audience what they want, but what you think they might need.
“…we wanted something that could also reach out to families with children, and younger people, people who think they know Midsummer but maybe don’t know it the Frog & Peach way. Also, we never miss an opportunity with the present company to do a comedy…”
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The Frog & Peach Theatre Company presents
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
written by William Shakespeare
directed by Lynnea Benson
thru February 25, 2018
The Sheen Center Black Box Theater
18 Bleecker Street
Manhattan
tickets: $26.95, available via OvationTix
photos by Paul Greco