Midsummer's Nights Dream 1950's

Kevin Thornburg

Midsummer Night’s Dream Concept Statement

Midsummer Night’s Dream is about the fickleness of teenage love. This play will take place in the 1950’s American suburbia. The 1950’s is the decade of the teenager. This is the point in American history when the kids started to differentiate themselves from their  parents.

I want this play to feel like a classic 1950’s sci fi film with an alien invasion. To do this, the human characters will be wearing classic (or stereotypical) 50’s attire. The aliens will look human but will wear costumes that represent the classic aliens from the 1950’s sci fi genera.  

Titania’s suit will be blue, and Oberon and Puck’s suit will be orange. This is to show the contrast between the characters, but also displaying how they complement each other.

Hermia will be wearing red throughout the play to show here boldness. Helena is more reserved, so she will start off wearing a cream colored dress, but as the play progresses more color will be added. Helena will also have mostly vertical lines to make her seem taller. This is in reference to the comment made by Helena in Act 3 stating that she is taller than Hermia.  

In the 3rd Act, Nick Bottom will be wearing a blue cardigan sweater with the same texture as the fur on the alien donkey head. This will make his transformation seem more complete, even though his head is the only thing getting transformed.