(BRIDGETON, NJ) -- For the Whim Productions presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream from November 13-20, 2026 at the Ashley McCormick Theatre in the Hopeloft in Bridgeton. A whimsical comedy where fairies, lovers, actors, and our audience collide in an enchanted forest, blending magic, romance, and mischief. The production is directed by Heidi Dugan.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a whimsical Shakespearean comedy set in an enchanted forest where love, magic, and confusion intertwine. The play follows four young lovers whose relationships are thrown into chaos by fairy mischief, especially from the playful sprite Puck, who uses a love potion that causes hilarious misunderstandings.
Meanwhile, a group of amateur actors rehearses a play for the Duke’s wedding, adding to the humor and charm. Overlapping worlds of humans and fairies create a dreamlike tale about love’s irrational nature, imagination, and transformation, ending in harmony and celebration.
The cast includes John Krug (Theseus), Heather Anne Runyon (Hippolyta), April Johnson (Philostrate), Kristine Knowlton (Egea), Zo Lynnie (Hermia), Jared Camacho (Lysander), Brian Danner (Demetrius), Nerys Müller (Helana), Andrew Fralinger (Peter Quince), Katie Elizabeth Hughes (Nick Bottom), Owen Miller (Francis Flute), Michael Sermania (Tom Snout), Tanner Cossaboon (Snug), Jim Dennis (Robin Starveling), Emile Wong (Robin Goodfellow), Leila Baez (Peaseblossom), Alyssa Zell (Cobweb), Jim Lundovici (Oberon), Rebekah Masters (Titania), Lazuli Ritteler (Blaze), and Emily Seningen (Gale).
Performances take place Friday, November 13 at 8:00pm; Saturday, November 14 at 2:00pm; Sunday, November 15 at 2:00pm; Thursday, November 19 at 7:30pm; and Friday , November 20 at 8:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. The venue is located at 40 E Commerce Street in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Cumberland County Board of Commissioners through the Cumberland County Cultural Heritage Fund.
For the Whim is committed to creating opportunities for local artists, playwrights, thespians, and the like to cultivate and share their work with a larger audience in a culturally diverse and respectable manner representative of all walks of life.
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