A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2025
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is coming to Pella in July, 2025!
Synopsis for A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
Our play takes place at an outdoor music festival, where a number of spectators and musicians get thrown together in unexpected ways. There are the event organizers, who try to boss everyone around, some young folks who are in love with each other, a group of amateur musicians/actors trying to make it big, and some sort-of-magical rock stars who make a number of mistakes which lead to the following: during the night everyone gets lost in the woods, and a whole bunch of people end up falling in love with (mostly) the wrong person or persons, amongst other hijinks – most notably when a young man gets (mostly) turned into a donkey. But not to worry, by the end of the night it all ends well for (mostly) everyone!
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Cast
Titania / Hippolyta – Beth Kuttler
Oberon / Theseus – Daniel Kuttler
Egeus – Riley Zylstra
Philostrate – Ryan Keep
Hermia – Aurelia Zylstra
Helena – Addison Shmalcs
Lysander – Ethan Flanders
Demetrius – Sawyer Van Wyk
Puck – Sara Collins
Moth – Presley Butler
Cobweb – Cam Knox
Mustardseed – TBD
Quince / Prologue – Harley Decious
Bottom / Pyramus – Leo Vermeer
Snout / Wall – Ashley Mome
Snug / Lion – Phoebe Haug
Starveling / Moon – Kemper DeZwarte
Flute / Thisby – Melanie Rosales
Ensemble
Eliza Bouwkamp
Jali Davis
Sadie Hesseltine
Johanna Dolejsi
We’d like to recognize and say thank you to each and every person who auditioned!
Production Team
Director – Chris Haug
Producer – Tom Vander Well
Dramaturge / Script Consultant – Val Billing
Artistic Director – Mat Kelly
Costume Designer – Kate Kanne Smith
Wardrobe Head – Brooke Lyle
Music Director – Joe Kempen
Lighting Design – Nathanael Shover
Backstage crew / Stage manager: – Riley Zylstra
Set Construction – Jason Zylstra
Publicity – Rebekah Hartsill
Props and Sound – Zoe Drabek
Thank you to all of the wonderfully talented and passionately dedicated people who helped with this production. We couldn’t do any of this without your support and dedication!
The stage isn’t your thing, but you’d like to be involved in a show? Great! We have many ways to help!
Feel free to contact us if you are interested in volunteer opportunities.