WINTER FESTIVAL: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
2015–16 Season
Concert Information
Mendelssohn’s music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream is as magical as Shakespeare’s comedy. Experience them together in this special theatrical presentation: actors from celebrated artistic partner The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey perform alongside Mendelssohn’s score, highlighted by the immortal “Wedding March.”
JACQUES LACOMBE conductor
THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY Bonnie J. Monte, artistic director
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY PRIMA VOCE Heather J. Buchanan, director
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Shakespeare Theatre cast and creative team
Jesmille Darbouze (Helena)
Jonathan Finnegan (Francis Flute / Thisbe)
Lindsey Kyler (Hermia)
Tim Liu (Tom Snout / Wall)
Felix Mayes (Philostrate / Puck)
Quentin McCuiston (Snug / Lion)
Jackson Moran (Lysander)
James Michael Reilly (Nick Bottom / Pyramus)
Jon Sprik (Demetrius)
Ben Sterling (Theseus / Oberon)
Sarah Swift (Hippolyta / Titania)
Patrick Toon (Egeus / Peter Quince)
Samantha Reckford, costume designer
Jackie Mariani, production stage manager
Kristen Saran, wardrobe
Burke Wilmore, lighting designer
Montclair State University Soli
Friday: Victoria Joel & Christine Rauschenbach
Saturday: Karen Levandoski & Lisa Andreacchi
Sunday: Karen Levandoski & Cornelia Lotito
Sponsors
The Winter Festival events are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jacques Lacombe's final appearance in Princeton and New Brunswick is sponsored by Bank of America.
The January 30 concert is generously sponsored by The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.
NJSO Accents in Newark are generously sponsored by the Prudential Foundation.