Sleepless -a Midsummer Night-s Dream- -

By William R. Stanton Theater & Psyche Review

Hermia (often played with hollowed eyes and a twitching hand) is no longer just a lovesick maiden. She is a sleep-deprived paranoid, convinced that Lysander and Demetrius are not rivals for love, but figments of a hypnagogic hallucination. Helena, stripped of her vanity, becomes a tragic figure of repetition compulsion—chasing men who dissolve into trees the moment she catches them. SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night-s Dream-

If you have the chance to see this production—go. Bring coffee. Bring a friend to hold your hand. And do not, under any circumstances, close your eyes. By William R