Tiara Taylor is directing a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The play will utilize thrust stage staging and feature notable actors like Mark Wahlberg as Puck. Scenes include Oberon and Titania arguing over a boy, resulting in Oberon ordering Puck to use a magic flower on Titania. Meanwhile, a group of men rehearse a play for the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, but Puck transforms Bottom after irritating the fairy. Titania then falls in love with donkey-headed Bottom. Eventually the spells are broken and all relationships are resolved by the end.

1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Production
Esther Aniche: Sets
Simone Taylor: Costumes
Jalyn Taylor: Lights
Tiara Taylor: Director

2. Director
The Script
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tiara Taylor

3. The Director’s Perspective
• I chose thrust stage as the most appropriate style to
convey to the audience and allow them to fully grasp
the many concepts throughout the play.

4. Casting Calls
Puck: Mark Wahlberg
Oberon: Terrance Howard
Titania: Amanda Seyfried
Lysander: Robert Pattinson
Demetrius: Taylor Lautner
Hermia: Kristen Stewart
Helena: Emma Stone
Egeus: Bradley Cooper
Theseus: Channing Tatum
Hippolyta: Gabrielle Union
Nick Bottom: Kevin Hart
Peter Quince: Colin Farrell
Francis Flute: Dakota Fanning
Robin Starveling: Nia Long
Tom Snout: Denzel Washington
Snug: Michael Ealy
Philostrate: Idris Elba
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, & Mustardseed: Steve
Martin, Eugene Levy, Alan Alda, James Earl Jones

6. Why these Actors?
Each actor chosen exemplifies some characteristics of each
character in the play. These well known actors will enhance the
play through various experience and like personalities.

7. Lights, Camera,
ACTIONNNNN! !
While this play captures the era of the
1500’s it’s important that we captivate the
detailed elements of this time. Lighting is an
essential part of a play that often sets the
tone for the play from very bright lights to
no lights allowing the audience to engage in
that moment. The portray different moods
throughout the play that depict the various
light settings. This image captures both the
light and dark scenery throughout the play.

8. Let’s Play Dress Up!
Clothing is not only an essential part of our day life but also in ACTING.
Each character has a role that must be portrayed outwardly through good
acting and great clothing. During this is era it was important that every
aspect was implement through the great work of styling.

10. Quiet on the Set PLEASE!

11. Set Design
Esther Aniche

12. Act One, Scene 1
• Where: The Palace
• Who: Hippolyta, Theseus, Egeus, Hermia, Demetrius, and Lsyander.
• What: As Hippolyta and Theseus sit on their pedestal and plan their
wedding, Egeus approaches them with the problem of his daughter not
wanting to marry Demetrius but instead Lysander. Theseus warns her to
make her mind up before the day of his wedding.

13. Picture 1: Theseus and Hippolyta sit on their throne
Picture 2: Here, Hermia is introduced to
Theseus
Picture 3: Theseus explains to Hermia the laws
of not abiding by her father’s demands.
Mood: serious
Color: Orange symbolizes communication. Pertaining to:
Egeus, orange offers recovery from grief.
Demetrius: orange offers enthusiasm as he is hopeful to
win over Hermia.
Hermia: Orange represents insincererity
Locale: Duke Theseus Palace

14. Act One, Scene 2
• Where: Quince’s House
• Who: Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling
• What: Group of men meet to practice a play for Theseus and Hippolyta’s
wedding. Peter assigns everyone their characters, Bottom insists he plays
someone else. Peter reassures him that his character is best for him. They
conclude to meet another time in the woods to rehearse.

15. Picture 4: Meet at Peter’s house
Picture 5: Peter assigns roles Picture 6: Bottom singled out as he loves to
make input.
Mood: Relaxed
Description: Shown here is a cool, modern
design in a house setting.
Locale: Quince’s House

16. Act Two, Scene One
• Where: The Woods
• Who: Fairy, Puck, Oberon, Titania, Demetrius, and Helena
• What: Confrontation arises between Oberon and Titania as he wants her
Indian prince. Titania refuses and Oberon seeks revenge by getting Puck to
find a flower that will make Titania fall in love with anything she first lays her
eyes upon when waking up from sleep.

17. Picture 7: Where conflict rises with Oberon and
Titania
Picture 8: Oberon becomes furious with
Tittania and is shown in isolation as he
thinks of a master plan..
Picture 9: Here, Oberon sends Puck to find the Flower.
Mood: Subtle
Locale: The woods

18. Act Two, Scene Two
• Where: Woods
• Who: Titania, Oberon, Lysander, Hermia, Puck, Helena, Demetrius.
• What: Titania falls asleep, and Oberon walks in and squeezes the flower on
Titania’s eyelids. In this same scene, Helena chases after Demetrius while he
searches for Lysander and Hermia. Puck mistakenly puts the flower juice on
Lysanders eyelid. Helena stumbles upon Lysander. He awakes and falls in
love with Helena.

19. Picture 10: Titania asleep
Picture 11: Helena follows
Demetrius
Picture 12: Lysander sleeping in woods
Picture 13: Lsyander falls in love with Helena
Mood: Anxious
• Oberon impatiently wants Titania to fall asleep.
• Helena pursues Demetrius
• Lysander pursues Helena claiming his new found interest in
her
Locale: Woods

20. Act Three, Scene One
• Where: Woods
• Who: Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, Starveling, and Fairies(
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed).
• What: The men meet to rehearse their play again. Bottom is being outspoken
again, Puck irritated turns Bottoms’ head into an ass. Everyone becomes
scared and leaves. Titania wakes up and sees Bottom who she falls in love
with.

21. Picture 14: The men meet at a woods to rehearse
again
Picture 15: Puck casts a spell on Bottom.
Picture 16: Bottom unaware of the
changes.
Picture 23: Titania wakes up sees
Bottom, immediately falls in love.
Mood: Serious and incredulous
• Puck using magic to turn him into a donkey.
• Titania in love with a donkey
Locale: woods

22. Act Three, Scene Two
• Where: Woods
• Who: Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander, and Helena.
• What: Puck informs Oberon about the Titania situation. Oberon finds out
that Puck put the flower juice on the wrong person and demands him to fix
it. Hermia is weary about where Lysander is.

23. Picture 17: Hermia is sad because she doesn’t know the
whereabouts of Lysander.
Picture 18: Puck tells Oberon how he
accidentally used the love potion on the
wrong person.

24. Act Four, Scene One
• Where: Another part of the woods.
• Who: Lysander, Demetrius, Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Helena, and Hermia,
Oberon, Bottom, and Puck.
• What: Oberon gets Titania to give up the Indian boy, he then undoes the
love spell. Puck also undoes the spell for Bottom original head back. Theseus
later enters with Hippolyta and Egeus to where lysander, Demetrius, Hermia,
and Helena are sleeping demanding the end conclusion of their choices.
They don’t remember. They all then go to have a wedding feast.

25. Picture 19:
Picture 20: Oberon is happy that his plan
worked
Picture 21: Feast
Picture 23: Puck undoes the spell
on Bottom
Mood: Accomplished
• Everything goes well in Act 4, Scene 1.
Locale: the woods and the Palace

26. Act Five, Scene One
• Where: Palace of Theseus
• Who: Theseus, Hippolyta, Philostrate, Lysander, Demetrius, Bottom, Puck,
Oberon, Titania, Hermia, and Helena.
• What: Everyone gathers around. The men finally gather to perform their
performance. The noblesmen joke at their performance.

27. Picture 22: The townsmen perform their play for everyone.
Picture 24: Happily ending.

28. • Comedy Play
• Was written between 1590 and 1596
• Played by William Shakespeare
• Three type of Characters (The Athenians, The Fairies, and The Mechanicals)
• One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays
• Costumes in this play I would say is Historical

29. • Modern Make-Up
• White Make-Up
• Make-Up to fit each actor/actress
• Colored Make-Up
• Each character has there own make up!

30. Each character has a different wig. Here are some examples of wigs that
were used in the play Midsummer Night’s Dream. Each wig/hairstyle is to
fit each character and the role they played.

31. • Oberon Lysander
• Titania Thesesus
• Puck Hippolyta
• Hermia Egeus
• Demetrius Nick Bottom
• Helena Peter Quince
Each character wear’s a different costume in this play.

32. Hermia TLhysean dLerove Triangle
Demetrius
Hermia, Lysander, and
Demaetrius are wearing
an historical outfit from
back in the 1500s. This
outfit was designed
from
back in Thomas
Jefferson
Days. Lysander is
wearing Athen clothing,
Demetrius is also
wearing Athen Clothing,
and Hermia is wearing
similar clothes
as the fairies with
flowers around her
head.

33. • Is a character that looks like an Elf
• Short with light make-up
• Wears leaves
• Have horns coming out his head

34. Fairies
• Fairies also wears light make-up
• Colorful make-up
• Make-Up also matches the lighting
• The lighting reflects on the Make-Up
• Wears a long dress with leaves around the head
Bottoms
• Monster looking creature
• Wears an ass on his face
• Dress like everyone else/besides the face
• Looks like a Donkey

35. • History of the Play
• Cost of the Costume’s
• Several costume
changes/scenes
• Make-Up
• Wigs

36. Act 1, Scene 1
For the opening scene the lights would be formed into a chandelier to provide a warm, rich and
home feel to the stage. While Thesus and Philostrate are having a discussion about their
wedding the warmness of the lights will create an intimate feel as well. A few strobe lights will
be in center stage stacked on top each other to make this chandelier look

37. ACT 1, Scene 1
As Egegus, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius enters to speak with
Thesus the spotlights will enter to create a seriousness as well as
letting the audience know the mood is changing and who the focus
is on.

38. ACT 1, Scene 2
When Quince, Sung, Bottom, Flute, Snut and Staveling enter the room Picture 1’s
lights will be shining down on them and Picture 2’s lights will be shining on the left
and right side. The gentlemen are discussing what they are going to do for the ducth
and dutchess’s wedding so this is are is very bright so they can see what is going on as
well as the audience.
Picture 1 Picture 2

39. Act 2, Scene 1
Confrontation arises between Oberon and Titania as he wants her Indian prince.
Titania refuses and Oberon seeks revenge by getting Puck to find a flower that
will make Titania fall in love with anything she first lays her eyes upon when
waking up from sleep.
This shows how dark it was because Puck was doing something sneaky
and the purple indicates the love Titania will feel when she awakes.

40. Act 2 Scene 2
Titania falls asleep, and Oberon walks in and squeezes the flower on
Titania’s eyelids. In this same scene, Helena chases after Demetrius
while he searches for Lysander and Hermia. Puck mistakenly puts the
flower juice on Lysanders eyelid. Helena stumbles upon Lysander. He
awakes and falls in love with Helena.
The color changes to red in this scene to indicate that Puck made a
mistake with the with the flower potion.

41. Act 3 Scene 1
Puck informs Oberon about the Titania situation. Oberon finds out that Puck
put the flower juice on the wrong person and demands him to fix it. Hermia is
weary about where Lysander is.
• Describes Oberon anger with Puck

42. Act 4 Scene 1
Oberon gets Titania to give up the
Indian boy, he then undoes the love
spell. Puck also undoes the spell for
Bottom original head back.
Theseus later enters with Hippolyta
and Egeus to where lysander,
Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena are
sleeping demanding the end
conclusion of their choices. They
don’t remember. They all then go
to have a wedding feast.
This indicates Titana giving up and
falling in love with the wrong guy

43. Act Three, Scene Two
• Where: Woods
• Who: Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander, and Helena.
• What: Puck informs Oberon about the Titania situation. Oberon finds out
that Puck put the flower juice on the wrong person and demands him to fix
it. Hermia is weary about where Lysander is.

44. Act 4 Scene 1
Oberon gets Titania to give up the
Indian boy, he then undoes the love
spell. Puck also undoes the spell for
Bottom original head back.
Theseus later enters with Hippolyta
and Egeus to where lysander,
Demetrius, Hermia, and Helena are
sleeping demanding the end
conclusion of their choices. They
don’t remember. They all then go
to have a wedding feast.
This indicates Titana giving up and
falling in love with the wrong guy