"A MidSummer Camp's Dream," a children's play based on Shakespeare's classic, opens Friday night, July 29, on the BCG stage at Central Alabama Community College. Admission is free.
"A MidSummer Camp's Dream," a children's play based on Shakespeare's classic, opens Friday night, July 29, on the BCG stage at Central Alabama Community College. Admission is free.
Thirty-two local children have spent their summer rehearsing the Alexander City Theatre II production of Terence Patrick Hughes’ A MidSummer Camp’s Dream and this month will present this funny and engaging children’s play for free on the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center stage.
Written by a teacher who wanted to introduce his students to Shakespeare without intimidating them, Hughes’ remarkable script is directed by Jim Pearson teacher, Christale Tuck. The play relates the story of two summer camps that must compete to survive the bulldozer of progress while woodland fairies play games of manipulation with the humans. Based on William Shakespeare’s popular comedy, A MidSummer Night’s Dream, the play retains Shakespeare’s classic characterizations and snippets of his prose. At the same time, Hughes’ adaptation eases the Old World tedium, so young actors are able not only to play the parts well but also to convey to children (and adults) an appreciation of the bard’s gift of language.
