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DonateShakespeare’s Magical Comic Masterpiece
Oct 04 - Oct 27, 2024
Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square
Run Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes (including intermission)
"Fabulous production!" - Diana, Audience Member
"Go see this production...Great Lakes Theater does their usual awesome job staging it. Hilarious, frenetic, beautiful, and enduring. I loved this show - Amelia, Audience Member
"This is a madcap comic farce of the highest degree that will have you rolling in the aisles ...Well worth the ticket...go see this work." - Mark Horning, Cleveland Theater Writer
"The modernized-language 'Midsummer' is absolutely superb. I was a wee skeptical going in. I needn't have been." - Michael, ISF Patron
"Wow! Awesome! I loved it...It was fun to "get" the jokes immediately, and the jokes, play on words and repartee between the actors was hilarious." - Gwenn, ISF Patron
"BRAVO BRAVO!!...Overall what an amazing production." - Dean, ISF Patron
"I love what you guys did to modernize the script it made it really come to life and allowed us to really see the comedy..." - Sara, ISF Patron
"...the entire family thoroughly enjoyed 'Midsummer'...The whole thing felt really fresh and fun and so true to the spirit of the text." - Dennis, ISF Patron
"...we laughed and laughed entire play. I never thought I would have so much fun watching Shakespeare! Thank you!!!!" - Mary, ISF Patron
"We absolutely LOVED this! So much fun!!! We laughed until we cried! Bravo for trying something different!" - Davis, ISF Patron
"...the rhyming scheme was delicious and I will be attending all future Modern verse translations of plays." - Dustin, ISF Patron
"I just loved the new translation...of 'A Midsummers Night's Dream.' The poetry and meter was easier to hear and I didn't feel like anything was lost. - Mia, ISF Patron
"Easily the best version of the play I've ever experienced. The updated language really helped me understand the story better than the original..." - Rebecca, ISF Patron
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