"A Midsummers Night's Dream"

"A Midsummer Night's Dream": See Shakespeare's Enchanted Romantic Comedy Outdoors

A twister may never spirit you off to Oz, a wardrobe may never offer passage to Narnia, but traveling to the realm of the fairies is still possible -- just attend "A Midsummer Night's Dream". More magical than Hogwarts, more detailed than Middle Earth, the moonlit groves of Shakespeare's beloved comedy have charmed audiences for centuries. It is in these woods that four young lovers become caught in a quarrel between the king and queen of the faeries. When a group of local rustics are mixed into the madness, the comical snarl of spells seems impossible to unknot. But only a little more magic is needed and, as Puck puts it, "all is mended." Now, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory performs this enchanted rom-com outdoors in the Meadow at Johns Hopkins University's Evergreen Museum & Library. Bring a picnic an hour early to soak up the summer evening.