Check Out These Reviews for

William Shakespeare’s

A Midsummer Night’s Dream as told by The Mechanicals

“Peter Quince and his All-Star Athenian Amateurs swallow

the Dream whole, from soup to nuts. Not since ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are

Dead’ have we come across a premise as fizzy as this one. The pixieish

playwright, actor, and clown Austin Pendleton, ageless at 85, heads a cast of six,

weaving their mischief in an 80-seat black box. May they run forever. “

— Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail

“Bradford Cover's production radiates a sense of playful improvisation.”

David Barbour, Lighting & Sound America

“The RAC offers a new perspective on an evergreen classic as they bend gender, mine the text, and allow for the ridiculous to find the sublime.”

 C. Ipiotis, Eye On Dance & The Arts

“A reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that bursts through the proscenium with riotous energy, and theatrical mayhem.  It crackles with pure theatrical joy.”

Tony Marinelli, Theatre Beyond Broadway

“The cast combines masterful deliveries of the Shakespearean text with expert physical comedy and clowning.”

- Deb Miller, DC Theater Arts

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Carine Montbetrand, Rachel Botchan, Austin Pendleton and RJ Foster