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A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Bar

Shakespeare on Tap

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Categories: Cabaret & Variety, Clown, Comedy, Interactive Experience, Immersive, Theater

Dates: September 12, 2026 - September 22, 2026

Run Time: 90 mins

Venue: Plays and Players Skinner Studio

A martini glass with Shakespeare's head in place of an olive

Overview

This forest is full of fools! Lost lovers, fighting fairies, and failed theatre majors are all tossed together for a night of hijinks you’ll never forget. Enjoy Shakespeare’s classic comedy in the madcap Shakespeare on Tap style. Real actors. No director. One rehearsal. In a bar.

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About the Artist

You’re probably used to thinking of Shakespeare as a boring, old, dead guy who wrote boring, old, dead plays. But Shakespeare’s theatre was a f*cking madhouse: the audience was an unruly bunch who came for the bear-baiting and stayed to check out the tragedy. They got drunk, bought snacks, and yelled back at the actors all the way to the bloody end. Actors rehearsed only the fights and dances. They got their lines and their cues, they talked directly to the audience, and they tried to tell the truth. When they failed, they probably really bit it. That sounds way more fun to us than sitting in a dark room staring at a stage 50 feet away, so we want to try it. And maybe we’ll f*ck it all up.