MAD Drama – James Madison High School
Role in the Production: Production Stage Manager. I coordinated the different technical elements with the performance needs from the audition process to calling the 4 performances we had. This production did not get an opportunity to be nominated for the Cappies Nations Capital Awards due to the COVID 19 pandemic but my team and I were given a Critics Choice nomination for Stage Management.
Plot Synopsis
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus , the Duke of Athens , to Hippolyta (the former queen of the Amazons ). These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals ) who are controlled and manipulated by magical fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
Production Photos

The Acting Mechanicals 
Queen Hippolyta & King Theseus 
Puck & Oberon 
Bottom as a donkey 
The Royals 
Titania and her Fairies 
Puck 
The Fairies dance 
Bottom with the Fairies & Titania

Stage Management Team 
SM’s in Action


Photo Credits – Shannon Sieff
