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William Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� is 鈥渁lmost the perfect play,鈥� according to Leslee Richards, who is directing the production at Vortex Theatre. The play opens on Friday, Jan. 9.

鈥淚t鈥檚 beautiful, it tells us important things in the guise of humor 鈥� which is the best way to learn things 鈥� and it has so much good nature in it,鈥� Richards said.

One of Shakespeare鈥檚 most frequently performed plays, 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� is a reality-bending comedy about four young lovers, two quarreling fairies and a group of amateur actors whose lives become hilariously entangled over the course of a single night in an enchanted forest.

鈥淲e鈥檝e got a phenomenal set that Mary Rossman has designed that really takes people into the forest,鈥� Richards said. 鈥淢y thinking is that the forest is a really important symbol of possibility and transition. 鈥� People go into the forest one way, and they come out of the forest different.鈥�

Rossman鈥檚 set, full of lush flowers and trees, extends beyond the stage.

鈥淎s soon as the audience comes into the theater, they will be in the forest,鈥� Richards said.

The immersive fantasy is enhanced by the fact that Richards chose to stage this summertime reverie in the dead of winter.

鈥淲hat better time?鈥� she said. 鈥淲e all need a little warmth in our lives in the doldrums of January after the holidays, don鈥檛 we?鈥�

Richards previously directed 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� for the New Mexico Shakespeare Festival in the summer of 2010.

鈥淚t was one of the very first productions in the summer Shakespeare Festival, which we started in 2010,鈥� Richards said. 鈥淭his is a very different production. I think I鈥檓 a much better director, I鈥檓 much more experimental and energetic and I have a much better understanding of the language.鈥�

There are 18 actors in the cast, and three of them play multiple roles. In some cases, Richards intentionally cast against type.

鈥淲e have wonderful actors for the four lovers, (including) people that Albuquerque has seen before but hasn鈥檛 seen this way,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to tell all the secrets of the show, but there鈥檚 going to be some very surprising casting. This is not a 鈥楳idsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� that anybody has seen before.鈥�

Local composer and songwriter Casey Mr谩z is coordinating the music, and there will be a lot of delightful movement and dance, as well, according to Richards.

Nick Bottom 鈥� the overconfident actor who gets transformed into a donkey 鈥� will be played by Ed Chavez.

鈥淓d is a phenomenal comic actor,鈥� Richards said. 鈥淗e played Benedict in the New Mexico Shakespeare Festival鈥檚 鈥楳uch Ado About Nothing鈥� last summer, and he was in 鈥楳etamorphosis鈥� last January, a year ago. 鈥� He can do anything.鈥�

In the original play, Titania, the fairy queen, falls in love with a donkey-headed Bottom while under the influence of a love potion. She does not fall in love with him in this version, but another character does. Richards said people will have to come to the show to find out who it is.

The Vortex celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2026. Richards, who has been with the theater for 20 years, thought a new take on a classic play would be the perfect way to start the season.

鈥淭he Vortex has done a lot of Shakespeare over its 50-year history, and we thought it was a great kickoff project for our 50th anniversary year,鈥� she said.

Richards鈥� 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� is an ambitious production with a much larger cast than most Vortex plays.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a big project,鈥� Richards said. 鈥淎nd it鈥檚 going to be a really exciting, magical, thrilling project for people to come in and be a part of.鈥�

Logan Royce Beitmen is an arts writer for the 近距离内射合集. He covers music, visual arts, books and more. You can reach him at lbeitmen@abqjournal.com.