A Midsummer Night's Dream is a wonderful and spirited comedy in which William Shakespeare strung together stories of new, awakened, and renewed love.  In a tale where "the course of true love never did run smooth," we are treated to a fun, frolicking romp into another world, where a fight between Fairy King Oberon and Fairy Queen Titania leads to mischief with young mortals in and out of love with each other.  Helena is in love with Demetrius who in turn loves Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander and will do anything to escape from her arranged marriage with Demetrius, which her father, Egeus, has demanded of her.  So, into the night they go, and before you know it, Oberon and Puck, his knavish jest, orchestrate a series of mischievous and magical tricks by which love is transformed, misplaced, deceived, revealed — and in the end — restored.

But don’t get the idea that Lee University's Spring 2002 show was your average Shakespeare production, oh no, there were no melodramatic actors in poofy clothing in this show.  If fact, you may have even recognized some of your favorite media figures frolicking through the woods, or in our case, a fantisiful world of Hollywood.  Our production explored questions like "do media and entertainment have a hold on our lives, and do they influence how we love?"

Our audience followed our young couples as they learned the answer to these questions.