Mainstage #1

  • SUMMARY

     It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant "asses" are tossed into loopy love triangles, with raucous results. The mischievous magic of moviedom sparkles in this hilarious comic romp.

     

     

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    IMPORTANT DATES/TIMES:

     

    Rehearsal Times:  

     Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 2:45-5:30pm

    Monday, Nov. 7  10am-5pm

    Tuesday, Nov. 8-11  2:30-8pm

     

    Tech Rehearsal: Sat. Nov. 12, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

     

    Dress Rehearsal Dates:  

    Monday, Nov. 14 & Tuesday Nov. 15  2:45-10:00 pm

     

    Production Dates:  November 17, 18, 19 2016  @ 7:00 pm 

     

     Click HERE to see the FULL Rehearsal Schedule

     

     

     

     

    CHARACTERS 

     

    LOUELLA PARSONS - first American movie gossip columnist and radio personality

     

    MAX REINHARDT - 60's,  film director, German accent

     

    DICK POWELL - 20's, actor, good-looking/boyish; plays Lysander

     

    JACK WARNER - head of Warner Bros. studio; "tough as nails"

     

    DARYL - 25-30's, assistant to Jack; known in the film buisness as a "yes-man"

     

    LYDIA LANSING - beautiful blond starlet with a whiny, show-girl voice

     

    OBERON - a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; He is King of the faries


    PUCK - a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; He is a servant to Oberon, who is clever and mischievous

     

    OLIVIA DARNELL - 20s, a movie actress, a Hollywood starlet


    WILL HAYS- 50's,  movie censor

     

    JOE E. BROWN   actor and comedian; plays Flute


    JIMMY CAGNEY - actor and dancer; plays Nick Bottom

    ENSEMBLE - cameramen, seamstresses, drink runners, etc.

     

     

    The play is written for 12 actors; 4 women and 8 men. The actors playing Hays, Brown, Cagney, Powell and Daryl double as Albert, Harry, Sam, Groucho, Tarzan and the Cowboy.  (this is what the play suggests, however, we will cast what is in the best interest of PCH)

     

     shakespeare

    Full Length Play

     Comedy; Farce

     

    Includes Physical Comedy, Stage Combat

    and Special Effects

     

    CAST SIZE

    8m 4w

     

    TIME PERIOD

     1934

     

    SETTING

     Hollywood; on the set of the Warner Bros. film of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

     

    RECOGNITION / AWARDS

     Winner! of the 2004 Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play

     

     

    PRODUCTION INFORMATION 

     
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