{"id":14660,"date":"2017-02-06T12:13:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T17:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=14660"},"modified":"2017-06-26T11:13:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T16:13:39","slug":"a-midsummer-nights-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/02\/06\/a-midsummer-nights-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p5\">Shakespeare is coming to the Sinclair theatre. A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream will run for the next couple of weeks at the Blair Hall Theatre.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">The comedic play portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta. It includes the adventures of four young lovers and a group of fairies that they come across in the forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">According to Chelsey Hall, who plays the character of the fairy Puck, his mischievousness brings some of the comedy into the play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14640\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/02\/06\/a-midsummer-nights-dream\/attachment\/msnd3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"722,480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1485769371&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MSND3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND3-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND3.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND3.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\u201cPuck is just kind of the one that half listens and he ends up screwing with the entirety of the play. Kind of causes all the mayhem,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cHe really doesn\u2019t care that he causes the mayhem so Oberon [King of the fairies] decides to give him a strong talking to for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">According to Hall, students and faculty should come and watch this play because of it comedic storytelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cIt\u2019s hilarious. There\u2019s so many funny moments, like in rehearsal sometimes we can\u2019t even get through the scene because we\u2019re all laughing too hard. Just very funny, very ridiculous, there\u2019s no need to take in a serious, like a Romeo and Juliet manner. It\u2019s very humorous and fit for all audiences,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream will begin on February 10 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and they will run six total showings until February 18. It will take place in Blair Hall Theatre which is located in Building 2. They will have two American Sign Language performances.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/02\/06\/a-midsummer-nights-dream\/attachment\/msnd1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"691,459\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1485764829&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MSND1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND1-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND1.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MSND1.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">In March the theater department will put on a one night play of \u201cA Song for Coretta,\u201d and they will premiere \u201cThe Toxic Avenger\u201d in April, which will finish them out for the rest of the Spring semester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><strong>Laina Yost<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Managing Editor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakespeare is coming to the Sinclair theatre. 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