1. Generational Homogeineity in American Theatre
While "Dream" (my adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream") was poorly staged, shabbily designed, and narratively messy, the production achieved something I have yet to achieve again. ... These younger audience members seemed amazed, and even shocked, by how much they had enjoyed "Dream". ... The reasons for the attraction to "Dream" for young, and less theatrically experienced, audience members are easily speculated upon. ... I cut the mechanicals out of the play entirely in order to put the focus of the narrative squarely on the lovers, whose plight I felt had been maligned in each of ...
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