In addition to playing the Baker in Into the Woods this summer, I got to assemble a motley crew of mechanicals to rehearse a play called “The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisby,” which we hoped would be chosen by the Duke to be performed for him and the Duchess on their wedding day at night. Or I should say, my character, Peter Quince, did that in A Midsummer Night's Dream, which we performed in repertory with Into the Woods in the mid-to-late summer.
Photos by Two Bird Studio, courtesy Idaho Shakespeare Festival:
From left to right:
Nick Steen as Nick Bottom (Pyramus)
Mark Anthony Taylor as Tom Snout (The Wall)
Boe Wank as Robin Starveling (The Moon)
Mark Bedard as Peter Quince (Director/Writer)
Jaedynn Latter as …Snug (The Lion)
Nic Scott Hermick as Francis Flute (Thisby)
The mechanicals learn that their play is a finalist.
