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CHILDREN'S MUSICAL PLAY: Midsummer Dream Stuff
MIDSUMMER DREAM STUFF
from Deep Down Under the
Middle Northern Saudi Everglades
story by Michael Lerner
music and lyrics by Susan Hulsman Bingham
Illustration for MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM © by Arthur Rackham
"Sleep, thou, and I will wind thee in my arms"
Image courtesy of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr of the BPIB website.
VOICING:
treble voices
CAST:
Narrator, Self Thieves, Boy, Boy's "self", Grumblahz (a goblin), Barbazon (a goblin), Dumdrop (a goblin), Mom, Sis, Dad, Dream Watcher, Nightwhispers, Manta, Manta Dancers, King, Queen, Prince Drip, Prince Dollop, Genghis (gang leader), Leech, Crabknuckle, Krillscat, Eely, Aemilius, Octavio, Spittlebug, Percival, Queen of the Mantises, Mantis Dancers, Myedlenna
ACCOMPANIMENT:
piano
CHORUS:
no separate chorus
DANCE:
some free form. optional.
PROPS:
our company has only done this opera with puppets; these may be made available for rent, along with a puppet stage
SOURCE OF TEXTS:
Andersen fairy tale
LANGUAGE:
English
MUSICAL STYLE:
light classical, melodic, quirky
SCENES:
eight
PREMIER:
Foote
School Summer Theater Program
The Foote School, New Haven, CT USA • 1990
Director: Michael Lerner •
Assistant directors: Adamil Rivera and Jennifer Schlusberg • Student
director: Beth Slepian • Choreographer: Katherine Bingham
SYNOPSIS
A group of Self-Thieves take the "self" from a boy. He wakes in terror and proceeds to go through many trials to find it, with the help of some selfless goblins.
Piano/vocal/percussion score of MIDSUMMER DREAM STUFF: $75. Price includes shipping within the US; it also includes performance rights and permission to make sufficient copies of the score for cast members and accompanists for one season.