At The Playhouse at the National Building Museum
We enjoyed welcoming you to A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the National Building Museum. Didn’t get a chance to see the show, here’s a little taste. Thank you to the artists and audiences who brought this once in a lifetime production to the life.
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Who's Who
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The cast of Folger Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream inside the Great Hall of the National Building Museum.
Brittany Diliberto
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Titania (Nubia M. Monks), queen of the fairies, stops Oberon (Rotimi Agbabiaka) in his tracks.
Brittany Diliberto
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Bottom (Jacob Ming-Trent, left), Snout (Brit Herring), and Flute (John Floyd, right) perform their version of “Pyramus and Thisby.” (Pictured top, l to r: Renea S. Brown and Bryan Barbarin, Nubia M. Monks and Rotimi Agbabiaka, Lilli Hokama and Hunter Ringsmith.)
Brittany Diliberto
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The bumbling mechanicals work to put on their play. Pictured: Jacob Ming-Trent as Bottom, forefront; from l to r: Kathryn Zoerb as Starveling, John Floyd as Flute, Sabrina Lynne Sawyer as Snug, Brit Herring as Snout.
Brittany Diliberto
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Puck (Danaya Esperanza, center stage) and fairies commence in the magical forest.
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Understudies
Cerra Cardwell
u/s Peter Quince and Philostrate
Jordan Essex
u/s Bottom
Izzy Gholl
u/s Helena and Hermia
Brit Herring
u/s Oberon and Theseus
Brooke Kemph
u/s Flute, Snout, and Snug
Shinji Elspeth Oh
u/s Starveling
Sabrina Lynne Sawyer
u/s Puck and Egeus
Khalid Taylor
u/s Lysander and Demetrius
Kathryn Zoerb
u/s Titania and Hippolyta
Produced in association with the National Building Museum and the University of South Carolina.
With special thanks to:
Share Fund
Season Sponsors
Maygene and Steve Daniels
Helen and David Kenney and Family
The late Neal T. Turtell
Production Sponsors
Nicky Cymrot
Nancy and Steve Howard
Robin and Roger Millay
Contributing Sponsors
Keith and Celia Arnaud
Louis and Bonnie Cohen
Denise Gwyn Ferguson
Margaret and David Gardner
Associate Sponsors
Timothy J. Carlton
Dr. David E. Johnson and Ms. Wendy Frieman
Peter and Mary Jay Michel
Gail Kern Paster
This project is made possible by the University of South Carolina 2019 Excellence Initiative Grant.
