The San Pedro Playhouse presents the San Antonio-flavored 'Midsummer Sueño' Shakespeare adaptation in San Pedro Park running April 9-14.
Jaime Ramirez , resident music director for the San Pedro Playhouse, stands in the part of the set where a live band will play his original score for the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production ofA Midsummer Night’s Dream
“If you’ve never seen a Shakespearean play before, you can come to this and understand immediately what’s being said and get the gist of it,” he said, while hardcore fans of Shakespeare, will “still hear enough of the original text” to be satisfied.The incorporation of music as an essential element will lend the production a distinctive Mexican lilt familiar to San Antonians.
Drawing in those new fans is a main goal of the Playhouse production, according to President and CEO Asia Ciaravino. On a“Anyone who’s 18 and under, please come to the show and experience Shakespeare for the first time and see yourself on stage,” she said of the show’s San Antonio milieu.
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