Love, Fairies, and Dreams
March 27, 2009
What do fairies, a forest, and four teenagers have in common? The Conner High School Drama Club.
The Drama Club, sponsored by Melissa McCaughan, is going to perform A Midsummer Night’s Teen, a spoof of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, on April 24-26. In an exclusive interview, McCaughan answered a few of the curious question presented to her:
Cougar: Did you write this version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
McCaughan: No. We purchased it from a catalog.
Cougar: Why did you pick A Midsummer Night’s Teen?
McCaughan: The officers picked it because we wanted to do a comedy and thought it sounded funny.
Cougar: What is the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Teen?
McCaughan: Two teenagers want to go to the prom together,r but the girl’s father won’t allow it. The girl’s friend wants to go with a football player. They go into the woods together. A group of fairies play a trick on them and make everyone fall in love with the wrong people. Comedy ensues. All is set right again and the play ends at the prom.
Cougar: What is the setting of A Midsummer Night’s Teen?
McCaughan: Athens High School, Teen Dream Park
Cougar: Who are the main characters?
McCaughan: Most of the cast members have a prominent role. The teenage lovers are Lyle Sanders, Mia Etha, Helen Nader and Dean Metrius.
In the original play, Hermia refuses to obey her father’s order to marry Demetrius and plans to run away with Lysander, her lover. The two confide in Helena, the former fiancé of Demetrius, and she hopes to gain his trust back by revealing the plot of elopement. Demetruis, followed by Helena, embarks upon a journey into the forest to catch Hermia and Lysander.
Meanwhile, the Fairy King Oberon and his wife, Titania, are fighting and he bids his servant Puck to trick his wife. Puck finds a flower with the power to make one fall in love with the first person they see when they wake from slumber. Not only does Puck place it upon Titania, but on Lysander at the King’s bidding. Lysander falls in love with Helena, then Puck causes Demetrius to fall with her as well and Hermia, jealous, almost fights Helena. Eventually order is restored and the four lovers are carried off and wed. Lysander and Hermia are united as Demetrius and Helena rekindle love.
The version Conner’s Drama Club is performing centers around a prom with the teenage lovers Lyle Sanders (Lysander), Mia Ethan (Hermia), Helen Nader (Helena) and Dean Metrius (Demetrius) going off into the woods where tricks will be played. The plot promises fun and entertainment for its audience.
The story of these four teenagers will not be the last The Conner Cougar online sees of them. Thanks to McCaughan, video and pictures from every Friday’s practice will be available and a feature upon the actors and director will appear every week leading up to the play.
-Sydney Maydak
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