*Comedy Fantasy Entanglements & Tiffs* *True Love Romance A Royal Wedding & Bliss* *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* *4 shows only March 2, 3, 9, 10 * Shakespeare’s most popular comedy, *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, opens at 8 pm Mar. 2 for a limited engagement, Fridays and Saturdays through Mar. 10 at Aurora Community Theatre, 115 E. Pioneer Trail. The play portrays the adventures of four young lovers, a troupe of amateur actors, and interfering woodland sprites in three interlocking plots connected by the celebration of the wedding of a duke and a queen. Set both in mythical Athens and an enchanted forest, the play features star-crossed lovers, a handsome fairy king, a misguided parent, a weaver transformed into a half donkey plus fairies and elves. Performed widely around the world, the play celebrates the universal double-edged delight of falling in love. For as Lysander says, “*The course of true love never did run smooth*,” and as Puck knows well, falling in love can make fools of us all. *Rachel Murar* directs ACT’s first full-length production by William Shakespeare with *D. Keith Stiver*, producer, *Ann Nyenhuis, *stage manager, who’s also in charge of set construction, and *April Sike*, assistant stage manager. Cast features* Meshal Alsunaid *(Oberon/Theseus), *Shelby Carlisle *(Titania/Hippolyta), *Theresa Dean *(Egeus/Philostrate), *Anthony Falcione *(Snug), *Marisa Falcione *(Starveling), *TJ Hayes *(Snout), *Katie Huskey *(Helena), *Alexis Long *(Flute), *Ian Robert Bojalad *(Demetrius), *Amanda Nemeth *(Hermia), *Julie Okuley *(Quince), *Dan Rand *(Bottom), *Abby Zerull *(Fairy).*Cody Kilpatrick Steele *(Lysander), and *Catlin Hathaway *(Puck). *Lainne Davis *designed the costumes. *Maggie Hamilton *is in charge of sound, *Austin Hopson *the lighting and *Dave Nyenhuis *the run crew. *Marc C. Howard *serves as liaison to the ACT Board of Trustees. *Marianne Gingras* designed the show’s image, and *CPH Communications* provided marketing and box office support. Tickets at $18 for adults, $13 for youth 18 and under, are available online, including seat selection, at www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com, or call the box office at 330-562-1818. Group discounts are available by calling the box office. Aurora Community Theatre’s Main Season continues in 2018 with *the kinG & I *Apr 27-May 19 and the summer musical *NEXT to NORMAL* June 29-July 14. Aurora Community Theatre is located at 115 E. Pioneer Trail, near the intersection of SR 43 and 306, at the gazebo, in the center of Aurora. ACT extends appreciation to The Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation for their generous underwriting of the Wells Main Stage. *ACT, celebrating 58 successful seasons in 2017-18, annually presents three Main Season shows, a summer stock production, benefit show, plus two children’s summer workshops, reaching an annual audience of over 7,000. *