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By Kayla Calloway
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Prepare to have your perception of William Shakespeare shattered.
The theater department of Clackamas Community College is currently showing a product ion on
bard’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and it will do just that Far from the traditional Elizabethan sfl
director Michael Gerber’s vision included Southern belles and a witch doctor.
I walked into Osterman Theatre with high expectations, as I had been in my high school’s product
of “Midsummer” my senior year as the notorious Puck. Right off the bat those expectations were n
The play opens a little differently than it traditionally has in the past Music plays and the charaa
enter and exit the stage, dancing in and out of sight Then the first scene starts. For those who arel
familiar with “Midsummer,” it is one of the great Shakespearian comedies, telling the story' of I
lovers: the couple Hermia and Lysander and the singles Demetrius (who happens to be in love 1
Hermia) and Helena (who loves Demetrius). Hermia’s father does not approve of Lysander and fa
his daughter to either choose Demetrius or suffer the penalty of death. Instead, the two flee Athens J
ing only Hermia’s childhood friend, Helena, who then informs Demetrius of their plans. All four m
up in the forest behind Athens, where fairies rule.
The king and queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania, are currently having a spat over an Ini
boy. This rift causes Oberon to take some mischievous action against his queen, enlisting the help of
trusted
of my favorite play.
Athenians are all Southern gents and ladies, hillbillies are the motley
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Caj un, with the exception of Puck, who is wild and animalistic, and Ob
of players
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