A Midterm Eve’s Phantasm

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Synopsis:

In A Midterm Eve’s Phantasm, audiences will love this madcap, modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Denny, the captain of the football team, has his sights set on taking Mia to Stratford High’s spring dance, but Mia has fallen head over heels in love with Lyle, a new student with a shady reputation. Determined to break up the couple, Mia’s father makes plans to send Mia away to live with her aunt. Not wanting to be separated, Mia and Lyle decide to meet that night at the park and run away together.

However, the unsuspecting couple encounter a band of troublemaking fairies that have congregated at the park and are eager to create a bit of mischief. Chaos ensues when Puck, an impish sprite, casts a spell causing the fairy queen to fall in love with a student actor who has been transformed into a donkey. And to make matters worse, Puck casts a spell that makes both Denny and Lyle fall madly in love with Mia’s best friend. After all, “The course of true love never did run smooth”!

Characters:

PRINCIPAL THEO – Principal of Stratford High
MISS HIPPY – eccentric and flamboyant teacher
DENNY TRIUS – high school jock
LYLE SANDERS – former drop out and ‘bad boy’
MRS. PHILLIPS – Secretary of Stratford High
MIA FAIR – teenage girl
HELEN BOLT – Mia’s friend – wants to be popular but isn’t
MR. FAIR (EUGENE) – businessman and father of Mia
PETRA QUINCE – student director
NICK BOTTOM – student and aspiring actor
BENJAMIN FLUTE – shy student
TOM SNOUT – out spoken student
TIMOTHY SNUG – another somewhat shy student
ROBIN STARVELING – another student
TIFFANY – gossipy girl
BRITTANY – another gossip
TONI: another gossip
OBERON – King of the Fairies
TITANIA – Queen of the fairies
PUCK – mischievous elf who is Oberon’s personal servant
PEASEBLOSSOM – a fairy
COBWEB – a fairy
MOTH – a fairy
MUSTARDSEED – a fairy
EXTRAS:
Kids at school
More Fairies and elves

First Produced:

First production by TRSS KodiActs in March 2011. Subsequently published by Big Dog Plays, 2012.

Resources:

A Midterm Eve’s Phantasm is available through Big Dog Plays.

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