Our abriged script runs an hour and a half plus an intermission between Act 3 Scene 1 and Act 3 Scene 2. All of the plot of the full length version is still in tact, and, most importantly to us, all of the dialog is original Shakespeare. We moved the show from Athens to 'Tropolis, a modern city with a wooded park. Mendelssohn of the romantic 1800's was ditched for a contemporary soundtrack. Art deco and art nouveau design elements inspired the set. Our delivery is from modern, without a British accent, but the language is four hundred years old, pure Shakespeare.

Act One: Scene One Script `Tropolis As Mayor Theseus and his fiance, Hippolyta, prepare for their wedding day they are interrupted by Egeus, who demands her daughter, Hermia, marry Demetrius. Hermia refuses as she is love with Lysander, and is given a chance to change her mind or risk death. Helena, Hermia's friend, loves Demetrius though he ignores her. Act One: Scene Two Script `Tropolis Some amateur actors plan a play to perform at Theseus' wedding. Quince directs and Nick Bottom tries to upstage all the others. Act Two: Scene One Script A Wooded Park at Night Fairy Queen Titania and the jealous king, Oberon, quarrel. Oberon tries to steal a mortal boy from Titania and then enlists his attendant, Puck, to make her fall in love with the first vile thing she sees. Oberon watches Helena plead with Demetrius to love her and decides to trick him as well. Act Two: Scene Two Script Another Part of the Woods While Titania rests, Oberon puts the magic flower on her eyes. Hermia and Lysander enter the woods hoping to escape from `Tropolis and secretly marry. They sleep. Puck mistakes Lysander for Demetrius and tricks him into loving Helena. Lysander leaves Hermia to follow Helena. Act Three: Scene One Script The woods The actors meet to rehearse their play. Puck watches their inept practice and decides to have fun with them. He turns Bottom into a jackass. Titania wakes and instantly falls in love with the new Bottom. Intermission Act Three: Scene Two Script The Woods Oberon and Puck watch as Demetrius tries to convince Hermia that he loves her and did not harm Lysander. Oberon chastises Puck for mixing the lovers up and applies the flower to Demetrius to fix things. When Lysander and Helena enter, Demetrius awakes to also love Helena. Both men insult Hermia. The women fight and then the men attempt to fight in the dark while Puck makes mischief again. All the lovers grow tired and sleep. Puck undoes the damage she caused. Act Four: Scene One Script The Woods, Dawn While Titania and the transformed Bottom sleep, Oberon undoes his spell on her. She awakes disgusted of her dream. The sun rises on the sleeping lovers and Theseus decides to ask the new lover pairs to join him on his wedding day, for three marriages. Bottom wakes after Puck returns him to his normal self. He is confused but ready to perform. Act Four: Scene Two Script The Woods The actors are sure they will be ruined if Bottom can not join them at the wedding performance. They rejoice when Bottom returns as his old self. Act Five Script `Tropolis After the three part wedding ceremony, the actors put on the play of Pryamus and Thisbe, two star crossed lovers. Though the play goes badly, it does to entertain. Theseus orders all to bed. Oberon and Titania send the fairies into the night. Puck asks us, "to think this but a dream."