A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Now that “Sweeney Todd” is open, it’s time to turn to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Our director, Lenny, works with Titan Theatre out of New York, and sent along his thoughts. We’re doing it in the round, and he would like a sort of skatepark/wedding cake of platforms with a fringe of tree branches (there’s more of course, but. . . ). Here’s the groundplan in the drafting table:
And then a pause for platform building as I consider the sizes and placement of the platform tiers:
On my way into the building this morning, I stopped and stuffed a bag full of twigs so I could start putting together mini-branch fringey things:
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And a shot suggesting how it might all look eventually. . .
