NEW ORLEANS, LA – For the first time in years, outdoor Shakespeare returns to New Orleans with a magical production A Midsummer Night’s Dream presented at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) under the stars in the museum’s Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The NOLA Project, which presented The Misanthrope at NOMA in 2006, once again teams up with the museum to present four evenings of witty, whimsical theatre each Friday this May starting at 7 p.m. Presented at dusk, this 90-minute production, presented all around the Besthoff Garden is sure to enchant and delight audiences of all ages.
“We are delighted to add an outdoor theatre series to our Friday night Where Y’Art programming,” said NOMA Director Susan Taylor. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream four love-sick youths wander into an enchanted forest where they encounter fairies, gods and goddesses determined to play tricks on their raging hormones. The Besthoff Sculpture Garden, with its hanging Spanish moss, looming oaks, and striking sculptures provides a perfect real-life setting for this mystical romp.
“It’s as if this play, this cast, and this garden were made for each other,” said Director Andrew Larimer. I’m laughing at every rehearsal and thrilled to see it coming together!”
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM CAST & INFORMATION
An award-winning cast includes A.J. Allegra, Sam Dudley, Sean Glazebrook, Jason Kirkpatrick, Kristin Witterschein, Emilie Whelan, Mike Harkins, Veronica Hunsinger-Loe, Francesca McKenzie, Kesha McKey, Zach Rogers, Mark Routhier and Richard Alexander Pomes. Andrew Larimer serves as Director. The show will begin Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. and repeats every Friday evening in May.
WHAT: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden
WHEN: Friday evenings: May 6, 13, 20, 27 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: NOMA Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park
WHO: NOMA’s Friday night programming Where Y’Art and The NOLA Project
TICKETS: Shakespeare tickets are same as NOMA admission:
$10 adults, $8 seniors and students, $6 children (17-7), free under age 6.
NOMA Members & University Members get in free with valid ID.
University Members include: Delgado, Loyola, Nunez Community College, Our Lady of Holy Cross, Southern University, Tulane, University of Lafayette, UNO and Xavier.
Purchase tickets online at: www.noma.org/nolaproject
ABOUT NOLA PROJECT
Founded six years ago, the NOLA Project prides itself on the creation of new theatrical works, high quality performances of relevant great works. By serving as a resource to area students and artists, The NOLA Project hopes to be one of the standard bearers of New Orleans’ artistic renaissance, sharing its work in the city and bringing word of New Orleans’ revived arts scene to the rest of the country. For more information visit www.nolaproject.com.
ABOUT NOMA AND THE BESTHOFF SCULPTURE GARDEN
The New Orleans Museum of Art, founded in 1910 by Isaac Delgado, houses more than 30,000 art objects encompassing 4,000 years of world art. Works from the permanent collection, along with continuously changing temporary exhibitions, are on view in the museum’s 46 galleries Fridays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The adjacent Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden features work by 61 artists, including several of the 20th century’s great master sculptors. The Sculpture Garden is open seven days a week from 10 am until 5 pm except for Fridays when it’s open until 8:45 pm. The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden are fully accessible to handicapped visitors and wheelchairs are available from the front desk.
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