<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_l66osf7h0" alt="Midsummer Banner.jpg" width="452" height="237"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Confetti Stage announces its production of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">A timeless story of trickery, love triangles, and magic, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" sees four Athenians competing for and swapping affections with one another as they are bewitched by the mischievous fairy Puck. Meanwhile, a group of amateur actors rehearse the play which they are to perform before a wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and are engaged in their own domestic intrigue.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is directed by Max Beyer, assisted by Vinny Miranda, and managed by Kathryn Capalbo. The cast features Chloe Ader, Megan Anderson, Matt Benincasa, Rachel Bratager, Laura Darling, Emily Fernandes, Alex Grandin, Alexia Halsey, Steve Henel, J. Hunter, Ken Kasch, Ryan Palmer, Rachel Stewart, Robert Stewart, Isabella Varno, and Molly Waters.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">"A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be performed at the Shaker Heritage Site, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/25+Meeting+House+Road,+Albany,+NY+12211?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">25 Meeting House Road, Albany, NY 12211</a>. Performances will be held August 11-14, with shows at 7:30 PM on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The Sunday performance, August 14, will be held at 4 PM.<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BRING A CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position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