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Cobweb Dreams

Cobweb Dreams

by Lindsay Price

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

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Also available in a one-act version here.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

About 80 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
26 Characters
2 M | 17 F | 7 Any Gender
Unit Set
86 pages

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

Praise for Cobweb Dreams

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.
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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