"Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
The Hiram Theatre Department had one more production for the year on March 27, 28, and 29: "Variations on A Midsummer Night's Dream."
The play is one of Shakespeare's most famous comedies and even our modern audiences loved it.
The play focuses on several subplots that relate: Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is getting married to the Amazon Hippolyta. Meanwhile, the King and Queen of the woodland fairies, Oberon and Titania, are quarreling over a changeling child. Oberon sends his henchman Puck to bewitch Titania into falling in love with a country bumpkin named Bottom (after transforming him into a man with an ass's head). Four young lovers (Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena) also get bewitched into loving the wrong people, causing all sorts of wonderful drama and hilarious scenes. 
"What hempen home-spuns have we swaggering here?"
In the background of it all, Bottom and his group of "rude mechanicals" are putting on an overacted performance of Pyramus and Thisbe. Everything about the show was beautiful: the set, the lighting, the costuming, the puppets. Thankfully, Sammy Adams captured plenty of amazing photographs of one of the performances. You can see them all here.
"My mistress with a monster is in love."
Puck -- Sarah Polly
Bottom -- Daren Niemi
Oberon/Theseus -- Bassel Hage
Titania/Hippolyta -- Aimee Thompson
Lysander -- Jessie Ogden
Demetrius -- Derek Green
Hermia -- Kelly Hanahan
Helena -- Karen Cover
Egeus/Flute -- Rachel Kahn
Stage Assistants -- Leah Rectanus, Claudia Alvarado, Lindsey Kuhn
Sirius (Moonshine's Dog) -- Satchel
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