PAST EVENTS
First Look @ Weatherspoon Art Museum
Thursday, September 20 @ 6:00 pm
Catch up with Triad Stage for a special first look at A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's timeless comedy about mixed-up love, a partnership event to complement Weatherspoon's exhibition Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World on view through December 8. Free and open to the public. Attendees will receive a 25% off discount code.
Book Club: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Tuesday, October 2 @ 6:00 pm
Greensboro Library Benjamin Branch
InSight with Jennifer Park
Magic and Monstrosity in Shakespeare’s Global Fairyland
Sunday, November 4 @ approx. 4:30 pm (immediately following 2 pm show)
PreText
Wednesday, November 7 @ 7:00 pm
A pre-show conversation that offers context and ways to connect to the show's thematic elements.
PostScript
Thursday, November 8 @ approx. 9:30 pm (immediately following 7:30 pm show)
A free-wheeling discussion with the cast following the show.
Wine Tasting
Friday, November 9 @ 7:00 pm
Enjoy a treat for your palate before the show.
Storytelling Night | Theme: The course of true love never did run smooth
Monday, November 12 @ 7:00 pm
UpStage Cabaret
Storytellers and audience members join us for an evening of stories inspired by themes from our MainStage! // Facebook event
Book Club: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Wednesday, November 14 @ 6:00 pm
Scuppernong Books // Facebook event
“Production was amazing – so fun and entertaining!”
Audience Member
As the house lights dim, the warm, yellow light of the candelabra pierces through the darkness. The faces of King Oberon and Queen Hippolyta emerge from the background and are seated beneath the firelight where they are unexpectedly greeted by an angry father, Demetrius, whose daughter has fallen in love with the “wrong” man.
In theater, sometimes the major drama happens offstage. Such is the case at Triad Stage, in the final week of performances of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at its downtown theater. Preston Lane, Triad Stage's founding artistic director who adapted and directed the play, will add acting to his duties: He will replace an injured actor for one of his two roles through the remainder of the show's run.
Shimmering cloth covers a long table as King Oberon and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, emerge from behind a towering, chain-link fence. Red garments hang from wires overhead, and regal music sounds as they take their places. The meal dissolves into an argument — an Athenian father urging his daughter to wed the man he approves, not the man she loves. So begins Shakespeare’s mystical comedy.
Lights Up! host Wayne Leonard is joined by A Midsummer Night's Dream dramaturg Virginia Hirsch and actors Alvin Keith (Theseus/Oberon) and E.E. Williams (Nick Bottom). Segment begins at the 23:56 mark and ends at 36:27.
When it comes to the plays of William Shakespeare, the one written and likely first performed around 1596 frequently tops the modern lists of “most often performed Shakespearean play.” In recent years, at least, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” continues to claim that honor in the U.S. and several other countries.
More than 400 years ago, William Shakespeare created a world of magic and wonder with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Now, Triad Stage will bring Shakespeare’s enduring classic to the stage with a production opening on Nov. 2.