A Midsummer Night’s Dream (review)

Abstract

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Presented by Folger Theatre in association with the National Building Museum and the University of South Carolina, Washington, DC. 12 July–28 August 2022. Directed by Victor Malana Maog. Production design by Tony Cisek. Festival stage design by Jim Hunter. Costume design by Olivera Gajic. Lighting design by Yael Lubetzky. Original music and sound design by Matthew M. Neilson. Choreography by Alexandra Beller. Fight choreography by Cliff Williams III. With Rotimi Agbabiaka (Theseus/Oberon), Bryan Barbarin (Demetrius), Renea S. Brown (Helena), Danaya Esperanza (Egeus/Puck), John Floyd (Flute), Brit Herring (Snout), Lilli Hokama (Hermia), Hunter Ringsmith (Lysander), Jacob Ming-Trent (Bottom), Nubia M. Monks (Hippolyta/Titania), Shinji Elspeth Oh (Philostrate), John-Alexander Sakelos (Peter Quince), Sabrina Lynne Sawyer (Snug), and Kathryn Zoerb (Starveling).