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. ... Each performance was sold out, with the majority of tickets being bought by members of my age group, and by closing night approximately one thousand people had seen the show. ... 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 specu...

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