The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot (SITPL) presents its 30th season with A Midsummer Night's Dream.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a tale of love and enchantment that is simultaneously set in the woodland and in the realm of Fairyland, under the light of the moon. This adaptation honors 30 years of engaging the Lower East Side by re-rooting a canonical play in the very streets that have witnessed cultural collisions, transformations and dreams of generations. Imagine Athens as the City's bureaucracy facing encroaching gentrification, The Woods as the Lower East Side's wild nightlife, the Fairies as the area's street spirits, punks and night workers and the Rude Mechanicals (Bottom and friends) a troupe of New York City artists who have day labor jobs between artist gigs. They gather to rehearse their "play" in a parking lot. Their earnest attempts to create art echo the mission of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: doing theater with few resources but big heart.
