Bothell High actors are set to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Bothell High actors will be presenting “A Midsummer Night's Dream” by William Shakespeare in January. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and follows four Athenian lovers and some lacking actors as they run away, only to be manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.

December 12, 2011 5:26 pm
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Bothell High actors will be presenting “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare in January. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and follows four Athenian lovers and some lacking actors as they run away, only to be manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.

Senior Chelsea Wing, who plays Hermia, says she loves working with the Shakespearian language and watching her fellow actors learn and grow in their roles. Hermia is one of the four lovers running away because she does not want to marry her father’s choice for a husband.

Bothell High Theatre Arts instructor James Wilson will be directing the play, which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 and 2 p.m. Jan. 14 (the matinee will be American Sign Language-interpreted) at the Northshore Performing Arts Center, 18125 92nd Ave. N.E., Bothell.

Tickets for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” are available to purchase in advance online at www.bothelldrama.org or can be purchased at the door one hour before each performance.  Tickets are $6 for children, students with ASB, seniors and military; $8 for adults.