The Crude Mechancials Shakespeare in the Park performance to feature “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”

The Crude Mechanicals are back for a third season in Fayetteville’s Gulley Park at the gazebo. This time to tackle the magic and wonder of the show that gave them their name “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” 

The free performances will take place near the Fayetteville Gulley Park gazebo. Audience members are encouraged to bring seating or blankets, along with picnic dinners. All shows will take place at 7:30 p.m. from July 8 to 12.

In their production of “Twelfth Night” last summer, The Crude Mechanicals flipped genders and played with expected norms of character and identity. Women loved women and men loved men. This was done to reflect the world as it is today and to reflect the fantastic community of Northwest Arkansas this company proudly calls home. This summer The Crude Mechanicals are looking to continue exploring representation with more gender flipping in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The Crude Mechanicals are proud to represent on stage what they see in the community.

Our hearts were broken by the news of the shooting in Orlando this month. In an act of solidarity The Crude Mechanicals will be dedicating this summer season in the memory of those lost. The company will also be donating 50% of the earnings from this summer’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to Planting Peace’s CrowdRise based in Orlando and the Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality.