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The NOLA Project Show ArchiveA Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream Written By William Shakespeare Directed By Andrew Larimer May 2011 & October 2011: New Orleans Museum of Art; Besthoff Sculpture Garden A.J. Allegra: Peter Quince Andrew Vaught: Theseus/Oberon (10/2011) Ayla Miller: Peaseblossom Chris Kaminstein: Snout, Demetrius (10/2011) Daisy Rosoto: Cobweb Emilie Whelan: Nick Bottom Elizabeth Carson: Moth (10/2011) Francesca McKenzie: Puck James Bartelle: Snout (10/2011) Jason Kirkpatrick: Theseus/Oberon Kali Russell: Moth Karoline Patrick: Fairy Kesha McKey: Hippolyta/Titania Kristin Witterschein: Hermia Madeline Daste: Mustardseed Mark Routhier: Egeus Martin Covert: Egeus (10/2011) Mike Harkins: Snug Natalie Boyd: Snug (10/2011) Richard Alexander Pomes: Robin Starveling Sam Dudley: Francis Flute Sean Glazebrook: Demetrius Veronica Hunsinger-Loe: Helena Zach Rogers: Lysander Christina Combel: Stage Manager Shauna Leone: Costume Design Phil Cramer: Scenic Design & Construction Megan Whittle: Assistant Stage Manager This magical outdoor production brought Shakespeare's classic tale to new life in NOMA's Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Some Personal History... Perhaps the biggest thrill performing ‘Midsummer’ was the time spent off stage, gathered on the front steps after the audience had traveled back to the oak grove, listening for the ROAR that would come from the audience once Jason Kirkpatrick as Oberon declared ‘I AM INVISIBLE’ and simply took a stone-still pose amongst the eight foot collection of naked male statues. Such a simple bit of staging causing such utter and instantaneous joy amongst hundreds of theatregoers from age four to ninety. And what a roar it made. Incredible. –A.J. Allegra |
