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Even when one looks past the baffling design elements of ASP’s “Midsummer,” there is little to redeem the production. Evett??s staging is functional, but it consistently lacks energy. Furthermore, several actors are egregiously miscast, such as Dayenne Byron Walters, who feels stiflingly rigid playing the elderly Egeus in an inexplicable and unfounded instance of cross-gender casting...
...performances are lackluster. Actors’ Shakespeare Project is a company dedicated to bringing the Bard’s words to life through vivid acting, but here, they fall into lame, affected performances. Their acting is more indicative than realistic as they plod through line readings and Evett??s unenergetic blocking. The resulting scenes feel dull in their predictability...
...Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows,” his raised eyebrow is not remotely necessary. This is simply one example where the play tries too hard to be funny and ends up failing to portray the subtle themes present in the original text. Benjamin Evett??s superb and intricate performance as Calaban is particularly wasted, as the deeper issues behind his character are not explored. When the savage licks the drunken Stephano’s boots as a mark of his devotion to his new master, it should be a slightly revolting scene, but here...
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