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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

TourCo

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Tre'von Griffith
Aug 19 — Sep 14, 2025
Various

Free, outdoor tour to public parks in Missouri and Illinois.

This is bite-sized Shakespeare in the Park in locations across the St. Louis metro area. A traveling group of six actors transforms one of Shakespeare’s works into a 90-minute family friendly event in a park near you. This year’s production is a music filled remount of the 2022 TourCo, A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by artist Tre’von Griffith with an all-Black cast and creative team.

Nominated for Best Ensemble in a Comedy at the 2022 St. Louis Theater Circle Awards. 

All performances began at 6:30 p.m. and are free to attend.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

(Lysander, Act 1 Scene 1)

All performances are free to attend and begin at 6:30 p.m. unless noted.

  • Tue, Aug 19 – Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, MO)
  • Wed, Aug 20 – 370 Lakeside Park (St. Peters, MO)
  • Thu, Aug 21 – Washington University, Tisch Park (St. Louis, MO)
  • Fri, Aug 22 – City Park (Edwardsville, IL)
  • Sat, Aug 23 – Hermann Farm (Hermann, MO)
  • Sun, Aug 24 – House of Miles (East St. Louis, IL)
  • Wed, Aug 27 – O’Day Park Amphitheater (O’Fallon, MO)
  • Thu, Aug 28  – Kiener Plaza (St. Louis, MO)
  • Fri, Aug 29 – Bellevue Park, Bandstand (Belleville, IL)
  • Sat, Aug 30 – Carondelet Park, Bandstand (St. Louis, MO)
  • Tue, Sep 2 – January-Wabash Park (Ferguson, MO)
  • Wed, Sep 3 – Shaw Park, South Shelter (Clayton, MO)
  • Thu, Sep 4 –  Metter Park (Columbia, IL)
  • Fri, Sep 5 – St. Ann & Augusta Lot (Normandy, MO)
  • Sat, Sep 6 – Truman University (Kirksville, MO) for Kohlenberg Lyceum Series
  • Sun, Sep 7 Fairground Park (St. Louis, MO)
  • Fri, Sep 12 – Saint Louis Art Museum Sculpture Garden (MindsEye Audio Descriptions)
  • Sat Sep 13 –  Strauss Park (St. Louis, MO) for Music at the Intersection. Performance begins at 3 p.m.

Creative Team

Supporters

This project is supported in part by The Saigh Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and Hearst Foundations.