CURIOUS FROG ANNOUNCES DATES AND PARKS FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: THE SCAVENGERS
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Scavengers will tour nine NYC parks over six weekends this summer as part of Curious Frog’s fourth annual Shakespeare in the Parks program, enriching underserved audiences with free classical theatre from July 31 to September 5. Detailed directions to each park including subway stops are available at Curious Frog’s website, www.curiousfrog.org.
Curious Frog’s Executive Director Reneé Rodriguez places the comedy on a college campus during a fraternity/sorority scavenger hunt. The lovers become contestants, the mechanicals are part of the campus staff, and both groups cross paths with real fairies. Rodriguez envisions a highly physical, quickly paced production integrating lots of acrobatics, movement, and “far more stage combat than is usually seen.” She recently posted on Facebook, “If you like stage combat, and even if you are a Midsummer-hater, I assure you—you’re gonna freakin’ LOVE our A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Scavengers.”
· Sat 7/31: Astoria Park, Queens, 1pm · Sun 8/1: Astoria Park a the Astoria Water Walk, Queens, 4pm · Sat 8/7: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, 4pm · Sun 8/8: Astoria Park at the Astoria Water Walk, Queens, 4pm · Sat 8/14: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 4pm · Sun 8/15: Waterside Plaza, Manhattan, 4pm · Sat 8/21: Benefit Performance venue TBD · Sun 8/22: Battery Park, Lower Manhattan, 4pm · Sat 8/28: Queensbridge Park, Long Island City, Queens, 4pm · Sun 8/29: Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, 4pm · Sat 9/4: Waterside Plaza, Manhattan, 4pm · Sun 9/5: Inwood Hill Park, Upper Manhattan, 4pm