A Midsummer Night’s Dream ProductionEsther Aniche: Sets

Simone Taylor: Costumes

Jalyn Taylor: Lights

Tiara Taylor: Director

DirectorThe Script

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Tiara Taylor

The Director’s Perspective• I chose thrust stage as the most appropriate style to

convey to the audience and allow them to fully grasp

the many concepts throughout the play.

Casting Calls

Puck: Mark Wahlberg

Oberon: Terrance Howard

Titania: Amanda Seyfried

Lysander: Robert Pattinson

Demetrius: Taylor Lautner

Hermia: Kristen Stewart

Helena: Emma Stone

Egeus: Bradley Cooper

Theseus: Channing Tatum

Hippolyta: Gabrielle Union

Nick Bottom: Kevin Hart

Peter Quince: Colin Farrell

Francis Flute: Dakota Fanning

Robin Starveling: Nia Long

Tom Snout: Denzel Washington

Snug: Michael Ealy

Philostrate: Idris Elba

Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, & Mustardseed: Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Alan Alda, James Earl Jones

Why these Actors? Each actor chosen exemplifies some characteristics of each

character in the play. These well known actors will enhance the play through various experience and like personalities.

Lights, Camera, ACTIONNNNN! !

While this play captures the era of the 1500’s it’s important that we captivate the

detailed elements of this time. Lighting is an essential part of a play that often sets the

tone for the play from very bright lights to no lights allowing the audience to engage in that moment. The portray different moods throughout the play that depict the various light settings. This image captures both the light and dark scenery throughout the play.

Let’s Play Dress Up!

Clothing is not only an essential part of our day life but also in ACTING. Each character has a role that must be portrayed outwardly through good acting and great clothing. During this is era it was important that every

aspect was implement through the great work of styling.

Quiet on the Set PLEASE!

Set Design

Esther Aniche

Act One, Scene 1

• Where: The Palace

• Who: Hippolyta, Theseus, Egeus, Hermia, Demetrius, and Lsyander.

• What: As Hippolyta and Theseus sit on their pedestal and plan their

wedding, Egeus approaches them with the problem of his daughter not

wanting to marry Demetrius but instead Lysander. Theseus warns her to

make her mind up before the day of his wedding.

Picture 1: Theseus and Hippolyta sit on their throne

Picture 2: Here, Hermia is introduced to

Theseus

Picture 3: Theseus explains to Hermia the laws

of not abiding by her father’s demands.

Mood: serious

Color: Orange symbolizes communication. Pertaining to:

Egeus, orange offers recovery from grief.

Demetrius: orange offers enthusiasm as he is hopeful to

win over Hermia.

Hermia: Orange represents insincererity

Locale: Duke Theseus Palace

Act One, Scene 2

• Where: Quince’s House

• Who: Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling

• What: Group of men meet to practice a play for Theseus and Hippolyta’s

wedding. Peter assigns everyone their characters, Bottom insists he plays

someone else. Peter reassures him that his character is best for him. They

conclude to meet another time in the woods to rehearse.

Picture 4: Meet at Peter’s house

Picture 5: Peter assigns roles Picture 6: Bottom singled out as he loves to

make input.

Mood: Relaxed

Description: Shown here is a cool, modern

design in a house setting.

Locale: Quince’s House

Act Two, Scene One

• Where: The Woods

• Who: Fairy, Puck, Oberon, Titania, Demetrius, and Helena

• What: Confrontation arises between Oberon and Titania as he wants her

Indian prince. Titania refuses and Oberon seeks revenge by getting Puck to

find a flower that will make Titania fall in love with anything she first lays her

eyes upon when waking up from sleep.

Picture 7: Where conflict rises with Oberon and

Titania

Picture 8: Oberon becomes furious with

Tittania and is shown in isolation as he

thinks of a master plan..

Picture 9: Here, Oberon sends Puck to find the Flower.

Mood: Subtle

Locale: The woods

Act Two, Scene Two

• Where: Woods

• Who: Titania, Oberon, Lysander, Hermia, Puck, Helena, Demetrius.

• What: Titania falls asleep, and Oberon walks in and squeezes the flower on

Titania’s eyelids. In this same scene, Helena chases after Demetrius while he

searches for Lysander and Hermia. Puck mistakenly puts the flower juice on

Lysanders eyelid. Helena stumbles upon Lysander. He awakes and falls in

love with Helena.

Picture 10: Titania asleep

Picture 11: Helena follows

Demetrius

Picture 12: Lysander sleeping in woods

Picture 13: Lsyander falls in love with Helena

Mood: Anxious

• Oberon impatiently wants Titania to fall asleep.

• Helena pursues Demetrius

• Lysander pursues Helena claiming his new found interest in

her

Locale: Woods

Act Three, Scene One

• Where: Woods

• Who: Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, and Fairies(

Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed).

• What: The men meet to rehearse their play again. Bottom is being outspoken

again, Puck irritated turns Bottoms’ head into an ass. Everyone becomes

scared and leaves. Titania wakes up and sees Bottom who she falls in love

with.

Picture 14: The men meet at a woods to rehearse

again

Picture 15: Puck casts a spell on Bottom.

Picture 16: Bottom unaware of the

changes.

Picture 23: Titania wakes up sees

Bottom, immediately falls in love.

Mood: Serious and incredulous

• Puck using magic to turn him into a donkey.

• Titania in love with a donkey

Locale: woods

Act Three, Scene Two

• Where: Woods

• Who: Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander, and Helena.

• What: Puck informs Oberon about the Titania situation. Oberon finds out

that Puck put the flower juice on the wrong person and demands him to fix

it. Hermia is weary about where Lysander is.

Picture 17: Hermia is sad because she doesn’t know the

whereabouts of Lysander.

Picture 18: Puck tells Oberon how he

accidentally used the love potion on the

wrong person.

Act Four, Scene One

• Where: Another part of the woods.

• Who: Lysander, Demetrius, Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Helena, and Hermia, Oberon, Bottom, and Puck.

• What: Oberon gets Titania to give up the Indian boy, he then undoes the love spell. Puck also undoes the spell for Bottom original head back. Theseus later enters with Hippolyta and Egeus to where lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena are sleeping demanding the end conclusion of their choices. They don’t remember. They all then go to have a wedding feast.

Picture 19:

Picture 20: Oberon is happy that his plan

worked

Picture 21: Feast

Picture 23: Puck undoes the spell

on Bottom

Mood: Accomplished

• Everything goes well in Act 4, Scene 1.

Locale: the woods and the Palace

Act Five, Scene One

• Where: Palace of Theseus

• Who: Theseus, Hippolyta, Philostrate, Lysander, Demetrius, Bottom, Puck,

Oberon, Titania, Hermia, and Helena.

• What: Everyone gathers around. The men finally gather to perform their

performance. The noblesmen joke at their performance.

Picture 22: The townsmen perform their play for everyone.

Picture 24: Happily ending.

• Comedy Play

• Was written between 1590 and 1596

• Played by William Shakespeare

• Three type of Characters (The Athenians, The Fairies, and The Mechanicals)

• One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays

• Costumes in this play I would say is Historical

• Modern Make-Up

• White Make-Up

• Make-Up to fit each actor/actress

• Colored Make-Up

• Each character has there own make up!

Each character has a different wig. Here are some examples of wigs that were used in the play Midsummer Night’s Dream. Each wig/hairstyle is to fit each character and the role they played.

• Oberon Lysander

• Titania Thesesus

• Puck Hippolyta

• Hermia Egeus

• Demetrius Nick Bottom

• Helena Peter Quince

Each character wear’s a different costume in this play.

The Love TriangleHermia Lysander

Demetrius

Hermia, Lysander, and

Demaetrius are wearing

an historical outfit from

back in the 1500s. This

outfit was designed

from

back in Thomas

Jefferson

Days. Lysander is

wearing Athen clothing,

Demetrius is also

wearing Athen Clothing,

and Hermia is wearing

similar clothes

as the fairies with

flowers around her

head.

• Is a character that looks like an Elf

• Short with light make-up

• Wears leaves

• Have horns coming out his head

Fairies

• Fairies also wears light make-up

• Colorful make-up

• Make-Up also matches the lighting

• The lighting reflects on the Make-Up

• Wears a long dress with leaves around the head

Bottoms

• Monster looking creature

• Wears an ass on his face

• Dress like everyone else/besides the face

• Looks like a Donkey

• History of the Play

• Cost of the Costume’s

• Several costume

changes/scenes

• Make-Up

• Wigs

Act 1, Scene 1

For the opening scene the lights would be formed into a chandelier to provide a warm, rich and

home feel to the stage. While Thesus and Philostrate are having a discussion about their

wedding the warmness of the lights will create an intimate feel as well. A few strobe lights will

be in center stage stacked on top each other to make this chandelier look

ACT 1, Scene 1As Egegus, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius enters to speak with

Thesus the spotlights will enter to create a seriousness as well as

letting the audience know the mood is changing and who the focus

is on.

ACT 1, Scene 2

When Quince, Sung, Bottom, Flute, Snut and Staveling enter the room Picture 1’s

lights will be shining down on them and Picture 2’s lights will be shining on the left

and right side. The gentlemen are discussing what they are going to do for the ducth

and dutchess’s wedding so this is are is very bright so they can see what is going on as

well as the audience.

Picture 1 Picture 2

Act 2, Scene 1

Confrontation arises between Oberon and Titania as he wants her Indian prince. Titania refuses and Oberon seeks revenge by getting Puck to find a flower that

will make Titania fall in love with anything she first lays her eyes upon when waking up from sleep.

This shows how dark it was because Puck was doing something sneaky and the purple indicates the love Titania will feel when she awakes.

Act 2 Scene 2Titania falls asleep, and Oberon walks in and squeezes the flower on Titania’s eyelids. In this same scene, Helena chases after Demetrius

while he searches for Lysander and Hermia. Puck mistakenly puts the flower juice on Lysanders eyelid. Helena stumbles upon Lysander. He

awakes and falls in love with Helena.

The color changes to red in this scene to indicate that Puck made a mistake with the with the flower potion.

Act 3 Scene 1Puck informs Oberon about the Titania situation. Oberon finds out that Puck

put the flower juice on the wrong person and demands him to fix it. Hermia is

weary about where Lysander is.

• Describes Oberon anger with Puck

Act 4 Scene 1

Oberon gets Titania to give up the

Indian boy, he then undoes the love

spell. Puck also undoes the spell for

Bottom original head back.

Theseus later enters with Hippolyta

and Egeus to where lysander,

Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena are

sleeping demanding the end

conclusion of their choices. They

don’t remember. They all then go

to have a wedding feast.

This indicates Titana giving up and

falling in love with the wrong guy

Act Three, Scene Two

• Where: Woods

• Who: Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander, and Helena.

• What: Puck informs Oberon about the Titania situation. Oberon finds out

that Puck put the flower juice on the wrong person and demands him to fix

it. Hermia is weary about where Lysander is.

Act 4 Scene 1

Oberon gets Titania to give up the

Indian boy, he then undoes the love

spell. Puck also undoes the spell for

Bottom original head back.

Theseus later enters with Hippolyta

and Egeus to where lysander,

Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena are

sleeping demanding the end

conclusion of their choices. They

don’t remember. They all then go

to have a wedding feast.

This indicates Titana giving up and

falling in love with the wrong guy