Bard in the Quad 2025 returns with Shakespeare's most magical romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, July 31-August 1 and August 7-10 at 7:30 p.m. Join Bard in the Quad for their 20th season of this fun summer tradition of presenting quality Shakespeare productions to the community!
A box office facility located in the center of the MU Quad opens each performance evening at 6:30 p.m. This is an outdoor performance and no seating is provided. Please bring blankets or lawn chairs and dress for the weather. Picnics are encouraged.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Conflict, confusion, romance, and magic abound in one of Shakespeare’s most beloved romantic comedies. Theseus is set to celebrate his marriage to the Amazonian Queen Hippolyta when loyal courtier Egeus begs the duke to settle a dispute and compel his daughter Hermia to marry Demitrius. Given the choice between marrying a man she doesn’t love or life in a convent, Hermia and Lysander steal away in the night to elope. The young lovers and their friends soon find themselves caught in a magical fairy world where they are unwittingly drawn into an ongoing conflict between Oberon the Fairy King and his wife the proud and powerful Titania. Inspired by the lush gothic fantasy films and syth-heavy pop music of the 1980s, this production explores the nature of love, desire, gender, and creation.
