Arts & Entertainment

Merrimack Middle-Schoolers Tackle 'Cobweb Dreams'

The play runs parallel to the events of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." It will be presented at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17, and Nov. 18.

MERRIMACK, NH — Cobweb is not having a good time as part of Queen Titania's court. She dreams of a life where she plays pranks all day long and doesn't have to be a stuffy, stuck-up fairy in waiting. If only it was a simple as crossing the brook to be part of King Oberon’s court instead!

But life in the woods is not simple. The King and Queen fight tooth and nail, Cobweb fights to make her dreams come true, and her friends fight to keep her from being turned into a toadstool. A mortal with a donkey head has wandered into the grove and the flower fairies blame Cobweb. Oh will this midsummer night never end?

"Cobweb Dreams" is a fun-filled fantasy that runs parallel to the events of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream."

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CAST

TITANIA (Queen of the Fairies) - Ruby Wilson

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Fairies in Titania’s Court

COBWEB – Riley Hodge

PEASEBLOSSOM – Marissa Lee Horton

MOTH – Nadia Herold

MUSTARDSEED - Katrina Hoppe

OBERON (King of the Fairies) – Jacob Linn

Fairies in Oberon’s Court

PUCK – Sam Pittman

DREG – Riah Whitney

MUCK – Tyler Lanier

BOG – Shelby Von Shoen

Water Fairies

SPARKLE – Brianna Watson

FROTH – Sadie Gage

FLICKER – Mickey McLinn

BUBBLE – Lexi Pereira

EXTRA WATER FAIRIES

- Ashley Doyle

- Aaliyah Ellis

- Courtney Farrar

- Brynn Quintero

Flower Fairies

LARKSPUR – Teagan Lajoie

MARIGOLD – Kaitlin Lavallee

PERI – Olivia Sorensen

LILY – Emma Chaplin

ASTER – Abby O'Brien

Woodland Fairies

WILLOW – Hannah Stone

THICKET – Ariel DiVietro

TEASEL – Aubrie Connelly

SPINNY – Sarah Petros

A troupe of traveling actors

SNOUT – Elizabeth Wylie

QUINCE – Samantha Summerfield

BOTTOM - Alex Marchetti

The play is at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. Tickets are $10.

Submitted by Elizabeth Goad.

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