Putnam City High School Performing Arts presents a 90 minute cutting of William Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream April 25 & 26 at 7pm, with a student matinee April 26 at 9am, at the PCHS Performing Arts Center (5300 NW 50th Street | 405-789-4350 ext 2039) Tickets can be purchased online at www.showtix4u.com, or a the door. Students/Seniors $5 | Adults $10
ABOUT THE SHOW:Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, A courtier seeks the Duke’s intervention because his daughter, Hermia, will not agree to his choice of Demetrius as a husband: she’s in love with Lysander. The Duke tells Hermia to obey her father, or either die or accept a life as a nun in Diana’s temple. Lysander and Hermia plan to elope, and they tell Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, but he hates her and loves Hermia. The lovers run away from Athens but get lost in the woods. They are followed by Demetrius, and then by Helena, who has told him of their intentions. Oberon, king of the fairies, who lives in the woods, has quarrelled with his queen, Titania, over an Indian boy she refuses to give him. Oberon overhears Helena and Demetrius arguing and sends his mischievous servant, Puck, to get a flower whose juice has the power to make people fall in love with the first creature they see when the juice is placed on their eyelids while asleep. He instructs Puck to put some drops on Demetrius’ eyes. Mistaking the Athenian he seeks, Puck puts the flower juice on the eyes of the sleeping Lysander so that when he is woken by Helena he immediately falls in love with her and rejects Hermia. Some artisans are rehearsing a play about the tragic love-story of Pyramus and Thisbe to present before Theseus on his wedding day. Bottom, the weaver, is to play the lover, Pyramus, while Flute, the bellows-mender, is to play Thisbe. The others play the parts of the Moon, the Wall and the Lion and they are directed by Quince, the carpenter. Puck overhears their rehearsals in the wood and he plays a trick on them by giving Bottom an ass’s head which frightens the others away. Bottom is lured towards the sleeping Titania whom Oberon has treated with the flower juice. On waking, she falls in love with the ass and entertains him with her fairies, but when Bottom falls asleep beside her, Oberon restores Titania’s sight and wakes her. She is appalled at the sight of what she has been in love with and is reunited with Oberon. Puck removes the ass’s head and Bottom returns to Athens and rejoins his friends as they prepare to perform their play. Meanwhile the lovers’ arguments tire them out as they chase one another through the woods and when Demetrius rests, Oberon puts magic juice on his eyes so that both he and Lysander pursue Helena until the fourlovers fall asleep, exhausted. Puck puts juice on Lysander’s eyes before the lovers are woken by Theseus and Hippolyta and their dawn hunting party. Happily reunited to each other, Lysander with Hermia, Demetrius with Helena, they agree to share the Duke’s wedding day. The rustics perform the play of Pyramus and Thisbe before the wedding guests. As the three couples retire Puck and the fairies return to bless the palace and its people. IMPORTANT DATESTENTATIVE DRAMA & DEBATE SCHEDULE FOR 2018-2019
AUG 16 | 1ST DAY OF CLASSES 2018-2019 AUG 21 | DRAMA & DEBATE PARENT MEETING AUG 23 | AUDITIONS FOR ONE ACT PLAY AUG 24 | ONE ACT PLAY CALL BACKS AUG 27 | ONE ACT PLAY REHEARSALS BEGIN AUG 31 | NO SCHOOL - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEPT 3 | NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY SEPT 7 | DRAMA & DEBATE OFFICER ELECTIONS SEPT 17 | FIELD TRIP DRAMA & DEBATE DEMO DAY (@ CAMERON U.) SEPT 30 | DRAMA/DEBATE FRESHMAN CAMP (9AM - 3PM) OCT 15 & 16 | PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES OCT 16 | ONE ACT PLAY PERFORMANCE (7PM @ PCO) OCT 17 | ONE ACT PLAY PERFORMANCES (10AM @ PCO) OCT 19 - 22 | NO SCHOOL - FALL BREAK OCT 26 | STATE ONE ACT LOAD IN (IF WE MAKE IT) OCT 27 | STATE ONE ACT COMP (IF WE MAKE IT) NOV 2 & 3 | WESTMOORE HS SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) NOV 9 | VETERAN'S DAY ASSEMBLY NOV 16 & 17 | BROKEN ARROW TOURNAMENT (TENTATIVE) (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) NOV 19 -23 | THANKSGIVING BREAK DEC 3 | READERS THEATRE NIGHT (LOCATION TBD) DEC 7 & 8 | CHOCTAW HS SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) DEC 20 & 21 | FINALS DEC 21 | 12 DAYS ASSEMBLY DEC 24 | FIRST DAY OF WINTER BREAK JAN 8 | CLASSES RESUME JAN 11 & 12 | CROSSING CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) JAN 21 | NO SCHOOL - MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY JAN 25 & 26 | EDMOND SANTA FE HS SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) FEB 1 & 2 | NORMAN HS SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) FEB 8 & 9 | DEER CREEK HS SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) FEB 15 & 16 | MOORE HS SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) FEB 22 & 23 | NORMAN NORTH HS SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (REGIONAL QUALIFIER) FEB 25 - MARCH 1 | DISTRICT SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (NATIONAL QUALIFIER) MARCH 8 & 9 | REGIONAL SPEECH & DEBATE COMPETITION (STATE QUALIFIER) MARCH 14 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE (7PM @ PCO) MARCH 15 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE (9AM & 7PM @ PCO) MARCH 18-22 | SPRING BREAK APRIL 4 - 6 | STATE SPEECH & DEBATE CONTEST APRIL 26 & 27 | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM MAY 4 | PC SCHOOLS FINE ARTS FESTIVAL MAY 10 | DRAMA & DEBATE BANQUET MAY 23 | LAST DAY OF SCHOOL YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT DATES ARE TBD |
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