Shakes-Queer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

850 Broadway,Somerville MA 02144

28 August, 2021

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What fools these mortals be… Join us for a Shakes-Queer production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” What fools these mortals be… Join us for a Shakes-Queer production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 🌸🧚‍♀️✨ Sat. 8/28 at 2pm & 7pm and Sun. 8/29 at 2pm at Powderhouse Park in Somerville, MA! This production is FREE and open to the public! 🎟 In place of tickets, please donate to the Transgender Emergency Fund’s Black Trans Lives Matter Campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/BTLM Let’s help them reach their goal of $250,000 to start the Transitional Housing Program; the first homeless shelter in Massachusetts for and by transgender, nonbinary, & gender-nonconforming people. 🌿 I know a place where the wild thyme grows 👨‍❤️‍👨 Where a man, loved by two men, waits and knows 😡 His father’s plot to swear him away to 🏃‍♂️ The lesser lovèd man shall not here stay 🌳 Into the woods to escape Athens’ law 🐴 Trapped between players and a donkey’s maw 🥀 And tricked by a flower’s potion so sweet 👑 With a Fairy Queen, fooled by the same feat 🃏 Lord, what fools these “mortals” be? 🤩 Nay, entertained by all are we! What might you find in Athens today? A king marrying an Amazon. A man defying his father’s betrothal wish. Two lovers stealing away to the woods. The scorned betrothed and his admirer following. A group of journeymen hoping to be actors. Fairy Royalty’s private quarrels go public. Ah yes, at what fools these mortals be. But don’t also forget what magical forces drive them that will also amuse and delight! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, sunscreen, water, and snacks! All ages and identities are welcome. 💜 Produced by Matisse DuPont and Sponsored by Somerville, MA Parks & Recreation 🌳