press release

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Presented by Bare Theatre Company
February 15-19, 2006
At Common Ground Theatre, Durham NC

Bare Theatre Company will present William Shakespeare's fantastical A Midsummer Night's Dream February 15-19, 2006 Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pm and Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm at Common Ground Theatre. Directed by Artistic Director Carmen maria-Mandley, this whimsical comedy filled with foolish lovers, mischievous fairies, and a band of players will complete Bare Theatre's award-winning season.

Bare Theatre Company is a Raleigh based company that made its debut in 2001 with a staged reading of Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Bare Theatre resurrected in 2005 with a Rogue Company production of Titus Andronicus in July, which was awarded runner-up for the top ten shows in 2005 by the News & Observer and the Classical Voice of North Carolina. The company now embarks on its third show this season with the first folio version of A Midsummer Night's Dream that will delight and enchant. The mission of Bare Theatre is to form a group of artists dedicated to simple, eclectic, non-traditional and spontaneous theatre and to give audiences a clear, articulate and passionate experience of theatre with little more than a room, audience, actors, and text.

Tickets are on sale now and are $12 for adults and $7 for students, military, and seniors. For ticket reservations and information please call 919-771-3281. Throughout the run of A Midsummer Night's Dream local artist Sarah Powers will be displaying her artwork in the lobby of Common Ground Theatre and will be at the opening night reception on Wednesday, February 15. Common Ground Theatre is located at 4815B Hillsborough Road in Durham, NC. For directions please visit www.cgtheatre.com and for more information about A Midsummer Night's Dream and Bare Theatre Company please visit www.baretheatre.org.