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A state-wide meeting of community theater groups began the process of forming an alliance which would address ways to overcome challenges and to share resources.
A Waterbury native is providing the notes and chords that give a musical boost to one of Shakespeare’s best known comedies, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Composer Lydia Arachne, a Waterbury native.
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Lydia Arachne, who now lives in Oxford, has helped Lara Morton, director of FUSE Theatre of Connecticut, turn some of the Shakespearean text into song. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Rewired Musical,” which features a cast of youth and adult actors, will be available virtually from May 21-June 4.
Press materials say the Madison-based company’s production is set in “the scariest place imaginable: the summer of 2020. A global pandemic has altered the way humans interact and social distancing forces young lovers to maintain their connection via high-tech devices… This reboot jumps the setting over 400 years and reminds us how the digital world can simultaneously pull us apart and bring us together.”
FUSE Theatre presents A Midsummer Night s Dream The Rewired Musical
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MADISON FUSE Theatre of CT, a new theatre company, is taking Shakespeare into the 21st century digital forest with A Midsummer Night’s Dream - The Rewired Musical.
“Marrying the classic romantic comedy to a virtual setting with all-new songs, this reboot finds the Bard’s young lovers, royalty and mischief-making fairies caught in the wilds of the worldwide web,” according to FUSE. The virtual production debuts May 21 and runs through June 4. Streaming tickets are on sale now with special pricing available for households, frontline and gig workers, and educators wishing to share the pr