Friday, February 6, 2026

A Midsummer Night's Dream at University of Northwestern—St. Paul

A Midsummer Night's Dream. Dir. Jennifer Hunter. Perf. Roman Bock, Khya Boldt, Solveig Booth, Noah Carlson, Kylie Clark, Jane Dalida, Sophia Danielson, Rebekah Dobbs, Sydney Foss, Kaila Fremling, Serenna Hartsock, Amber Hayton, Caleb Hight, Ava Hunter, Krister Kahl, Trinia Kroll, Janae Krueger, Carter Lambert, Katherine Lawrence, Olivia Lundberg, Eva Manrodt, Abigail Marshall, Juan Mendoza, Eli Murphy, Derek Penner, Alaina Posavad, Cassidy Ritzema, Danny Showalter, Katie Simon, Serenity Smith, and Marie Urquia. University of Northwestern Theatre. St. Paul. 20 to 28 February 2026.
It's been over ten years since University of Northwestern put on that production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with the terrific Philostrate (for which, q.v.). 

But a new production will open in two weeks! The promotional material welcomes us to "to a steampunk-inspired dreamworld, where steam power meets fairy power, and nothing is as it seems."

I'm excited to see precisely what that means, but I have great faith in the director (and adaptor), Professor Jennifer Hunter, and in all the fine actors and students involved.

For now, here's a brief behind-the-scenes video the production has released:


All that remains is for you to join the audience. I'll see you there!

Update: The Opening Night Video:

Links: Ticket Sales.

Note: Should the embedded videos above go sour, here are blog-native versions:







 
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