Midsummer Night's Dream Highlights
Check out these highlights from an amazing night of theatre!
Friday, July 5, 2019
The Week in Review from Katherine...
The cast and crew of A Midsummer Night's Dream completed their first week at Beye. They're a week away from the show and doing a phenomenal job! They've been learning how to work with a completed set and props, as well as getting used to the auditorium space. Crew kids have been rehearsing cues and creating signage to guide our guests once they arrive to see our show. Costumes arrived and cast members started to bring their costume basics. As the cast and crew got more acquainted with the space at Beye, they saw that the show is set up to run exceptionally well.
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Friday, July 5, 2019
This was our last week at Julian! On Monday we will still meet at Julian but then take a walking trip to Beye School to look at our new home and get an idea of how we’ll use that space. Starting on Tuesday everyone in the cast will come directly to Beye School at 9:30am (9:00am for pre-campers) and be dismissed from Beye at 3:00pm. Beginning Wednesday, the crew will come directly to Beye School at 9:30am and be dismissed from Beye at 3:00pm
Okay, now that that business is out of the way, I’m happy to tell you that the chase sequence that I’ve been talking about since Day One is finally on its feet! We also have added our college actors and (mostly) memorized our lines.
--Mac
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Friday, June 28, 2019
The Week in Review from Katherine...
In addition to rehearsing our Parent's Day presentation, the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream worked on acting with intentions, melodramatic acting, and acting in-between lines. The students played improv games as their character then rehearsed the play, using what they’d brought to life from the games. The actors did a bit of critical writing to create a background for their character and made sure they understood the words they were speaking. It also built some confidence in children who didn’t think they could master speaking in iambic pentameter and it’s wonderful to see their growth.
--Katherine
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Friday June 21, 2019
This is what the directors had to say about this week:
Jokes! Rolling Trees! Blocking! Fairies! Costume Fittings! Iambic Pentameter! Small Group Rehearsals! Yep, it took all of those elements to transport us further into A Midsummer Night's Dream! We rolled through week two smoothly. We are looking forward to crafting a snippet of our work into our Parents Day presentation for next Friday. Yes....Parent's Day is next Friday. Check out the details below!
PARENTS DAY
Friday, June 28
9:30AM - 11:30AM
Join us for CASTSummer Parents Day to get a glimpse into Classes, Rehearsals, and Technical Ed (crew)
Parent's Day Schedule:
9:30 AM Welcome in the Gym
9:45 AM Youth Arts Presentation
10:00 AM Class Presentations
10:30 AM Move down to Auditoriu
10:35 AM Midsummer Nights Dream Presentation
10:45 AM Crew Video
10:50 AM Into The Woods Presentation
11:05 AM Crew Tour
11:30 AM Conclusion
Friday June 14, 2019
This is what the directors had to say about this week:
We are off to a strong start with A Midsummer Night's Dream. We spent some time to learn the twists and turns of the plot, figured out who is playing what parts, and gotten a really good jump on staging the play. We have also met our 5 co-stars: a bunch of rolling trees that will help us move from place to place in our magical forest. Next week: adding jokes. Lots and lots of jokes. I can't wait!
-Mac
ABOUT A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, residents of Athens mix with fairies from a local forest, with comic results. In the city, Theseus, Duke of Athens, is to marry Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Bottom the weaver and his friends rehearse in the woods a play they hope to stage for the wedding celebrations. Four young Athenians are in a romantic tangle. Lysander and Demetrius love Hermia; she loves Lysander and her friend Helena loves Demetrius. Hermia’s father, Egeus, commands Hermia to marry Demetrius, and Theseus supports the father’s right. All four young Athenians end up in the woods, where Robin Goodfellow, who serves the fairy king Oberon decides to change everything for these for athenians.
PERFORMANCES
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Beye School Auditorium
230 N Cuyler
Oak Park, Il 60302
Friday: 7/19 @ 7:00pm
Saturday: 7/20 @ 7:00pm
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
MALACHY 'MAC' BOYLE
(Director) is a member of the Julian faculty who also attended Julian and the CAST program. Malachy went on to study drama at Oak Park and River Forest High School where he received the James Eitrheim award for excellence in the dramatic arts. At Lawrence University in Wisconsin Malachy was honored as the Best Director and Best Actor in three consecutive seasons. He studied at the London Centre in England before returning to teach in Baltimore, Maryland and then the Chicagoland area. Professionally Malachy has worked for the Organic, Touchstone and Court Theatres.
KATHERINE LOFTON
(Assistant Director) is thrilled to return to CAST. With almost 20 years of experience in professional theatre, Katherine brings a well rounded set of ideas to the program. Katherine has her Bachelors of Arts in Theatre Performance from Columbia College Chicago, as well as a background in elementary education. She's done AEA performances with Artemisia and has an IMDB credit for the pilot, State of Romance on NBC. She's a local teacher's aide for River Forest D90, and childcare provider as well through mobilemollies.com. She believes that the Arts aide in processing academics which is important to thrive in educational environments.