A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

 November 21-December 14, 2025  

By William Shakespeare 

Directed by Stephen Phillipps

ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE HELD At Park Hall in Ben Lomond, 9400 Mill Street, Ben Lomond

“This is superb directing, and the staging elucidates the plot lines and subtexts expertly. . . . The production team at Mountain Community Theater has created a vivid and convincing world for dramatic moments like this to live within. The set itself is a shining highlight of this worthy production.”  

~Jake Thomas, Santa Cruz Sentinel

Mountain Community Theater is proud to announce the final production of our 43^rd season, William Shakespeare’s most famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This innovative production, directed by Stephen Phillipps, imagines the entire fantastical comedy as a boy’s winter holiday dream. It takes place at Ben Lomond’s historic Park Hall, 9400 Mill Street. Subscribers’ guest ticket purchases open October 20, and tickets go on sale to the public on October 31, 2025. Please join us for an Opening Night Reception immediately following the performance on November 21. There will be a Community Night on November 22nd, where all tickets are 2 for $25, and a post-show talkback on Sunday, November 30. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 p.m. Sunday matinees are at 2:00 p.m. 

In this telling of Shakespeare’s captivating comedy, the story becomes a boy’s winter holiday dream, full of lovers, fairies, and fools, transporting you from early midwinter to the most magical of midsummer nights. As four young lovers are faced with the prospect of an unhappy marriage, or worse, they flee the court and stumble into an enchanted forest. Also in the forest, are fools rehearsing a play and fairies who manipulate the humans and engage in their own domestic intrigue. While all ends happily, there are touching and amusing bumps along the road. A Midsummer Night’s Dream features MCT veteran actors, Scott Kravitz, David Leach, Sarah Mitchler, Jackson Wolffe, Ash Hardman, Ian Dyer, Fey Triona, and Zed Warner, as well as newcomers to MCT, Rebecca Haley Clark, Diana Torres-Garcia, Jennifer Stanford, Cory Nash, Nancy Martin-Kern, Dimitry Lamendella, Kevin Karplus, Paul Carlos Justiniano, Gurjeet Bagri, Naomi Bowers, and Henry Anima.
Tickets: $25 General and $20 Senior/Student.

“Snow may not fall very frequently in the San Lorenzo Valley, but magic certainly will this season at Park Hall as Mountain Community Theater’s holiday production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ transforms Shakespeare’s classic into something fresh and festive for the holidays. . . . 

With its whimsical characters, tangled romances and fairy-filled mischief, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ remains a timeless celebration of imagination. MCT’s holiday adaptation brings warmth and wonder at a time when the community needs both.” 

~Christina Wise, Press Banner

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