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Cobweb Dreams

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Cobweb is not having a good time as part of Titania's train. She dreams of a life where she plays pranks all day long and doesn't have to be a stuffy, stuck-up fairy in waiting. If only it was a simple as crossing the brook to be part of Oberon’s train!

But life in the woods is not simple. The King and Queen fight tooth and nail, Cobweb fights to make her dreams come true, and her friends fight to keep her from being turned into a toadstool. A mortal with a donkey head has wandered into the grove and the flower fairies blame Cobweb. Oh will this midsummer night never end?

Cobweb Dreams is a fun-filled fantasy that runs parallel to the events of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Comedy Movement-based Shakespeare

Average Producer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Also available in a one-act version here.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 80 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
26 Characters
2 M 17 F 7 Any Gender
Set
Unit Set
Length
86 pages
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26 Characters

  • 2 Males
  • 17 Females
  • 7 Any Gender

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

  • COBWEB 329 lines
    Female A young Woodland Fairy. One of Titania’s fairies in waiting. Stumpy. Loud.
  • TITANIA 137 lines
    Female Queen of the Fairies.
  • PEASEBLOSSOM 61 lines
    Female Fairy in waiting. Haughty.
  • MOTH 58 lines
    Female Fairy in waiting. Kind.
  • MUSTARDSEED 51 lines
    Female Fairy in waiting. Disdainful.
  • SPARKLE 60 lines
    Female Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
  • FROTH 9 lines
    Female Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
  • FLICKER 11 lines
    Female Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
  • BUBBLE 15 lines
    Female Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
  • LARKSPUR 83 lines
    Female Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • MARIGOLD 62 lines
    Female Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • PERI 14 lines
    Female Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • LILY 17 lines
    Female Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • ASTER 14 lines
    Female Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • WILLOW 152 lines
    Female Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
  • THICKET 105 lines
    Any gender Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
  • TEASEL 8 lines
    Female Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
  • SPINNY 8 lines
    Female Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
  • OBERON 50 lines
    Male King of the Fairies.
  • PUCK 85 lines
    Any gender Oberon’s right-hand fairy.
  • DREG 22 lines
    Any gender Punk Fairy. Total punk.
  • MUCK 18 lines
    Any gender Punk Fairy. Total punk.
  • BOG 17 lines
    Any gender Punk Fairy. Total punk.
  • BOTTOM 40 lines
    Male A mortal with a donkey’s head.
  • SNOUT 16 lines
    Any gender A mortal who is terrified by Bottom's transformation.
  • QUINCE 17 lines
    Any gender A mortal who is terrified by Bottom's transformation

Praise for Cobweb Dreams

4 out of 5 stars
Gabrielle Morris
Saint Agnes Academy
The play was very fun and creative! We chose to do outdoor theatre, and crowds loved the change of scenery.
5 out of 5 stars
Eric Margerum
West Lafayette Jr/Sr High School
The play is a marvelous introduction to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with a nice mix batween the Bard's characters and Price's additional characters. I think the question of "Where do I belong?" is especially effective for this age group. I did it with junior high students. Many characters are a load of fun to play, from the antics of Puck to the jokes from Bottom. Everyone also appreciated the differentiated cliques of fairies and their group characteristics, the Water Fairies were particularly amusing.

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