The University of Northern Iowa Student Theater Association will perform Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream under the stars this weekend. The play, which has been edited to run just under an hour, features multiple UNI students acting in several different roles.
I had to adapt it (the play) so it could be done with five actors, said Ryan Decker, a senior theatre major and the current president of UNISTA. The cast has been really great we actually got a little bit ahead of schedule.
When asked why the play was being staged outdoors, Decker replied, It wasnt so much that I decided that I wanted to do Midsummer and then that I wanted to do it outside. It was more I decided I wanted to do a show out there and it was Midsummer. It was just more of an inspiration sort of thing.
Lizzie White, a senior theatre major, is playing the part of Puck, a mischievous fairy who causes trouble for the four main characters.
Ryan and I are in the same grade, so weve been working together for the past two years. He knows what he wants you to do, which really helps, said White.
Nicholas Chizek, a graduate student in Spanish, plays the part of Lysander, one of the four confused lovers in the play.
modern, said Chizek, citing references in the play to the band The Who and the Pink Floyd album The Wall.
The play will take place in the courtyard of the Kamerick Art Building April 27 and 29 at 8 p.m. There is no admission fee, but chairs are available for $2. There is also a Facebook page set up for the event.
