One of Shakespeare’s early comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream can be distinguished from his other works by describing it specifically as the Bard’s original wedding play. 

The main plot is a complex contraption that involves two sets of couples (Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and Demetrius) whose romantic cross-purposes are complicated still further by their entrance into the play’s fairyland woods where the King and Queen of the Fairies (Oberon and Titania) preside and the impish folk character of Puck plies his trade.  A Midsummer Night’s Dream contains some wonderfully lyrical expressions of lighter Shakespearean themes, most notably those of love, dreams, and the stuff of both: the creative imagination itself.  It is the creative imagination in tune with the supernatural world and the blessings of Nature that takes the silliness of the story and concentrates upon its unique lyrical qualities. 

Riverview Theatre Company has arranged to present this truly enjoyable play along the tranquil shores of McCullom Lake in McHenry’s Petersen Park pavilion as part of our Shakespeare in the Park program.  Come and be enchanted by A Midsummer Night’s Dream!

Special Performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream on July 19 during McHenry's Fiesta Days celebration

7:00 pm at Veteran's Memorial Park 
(Donations accepted at door)

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