Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream but it is set in the American South at the turn of the previous century. Instead of Athens, Greece, we visit Athens, Georgia. The fairy realm is represented by a circus world in our production. The circus set was massive, coming in at over fifty feet wide, and fourteen feet tall. It featured three circus rings, curved stairs, festoon lighting, and large drapes to help sell the idea of the tent.

One of the challenges of this production was supporting aerialist performers. We needed stable performance points for their silks that were also able to disappear during scene changes. We were quite pleased with the system we devised to achieve this.

The house in Athens was modeled after the Taylor-Grady house in Athens, Georgia. The porch was made of ten large rolling platforms that quickly connected to a stair unit and was framed by a backdrop of the house facade. It was impressive.