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Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version

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.

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

Also available in a full-length version here.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
19 Characters
2 M 12 F 5 Any Gender
Set
Unit set
Length
42 pages
Free Excerpt

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19 Characters

  • 2 Males
  • 12 Females
  • 5 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 Female 168 lines
    A young Woodland Fairy. One of Titania’s fairies in waiting. Stumpy. Loud.
  • TITANIA Female 78 lines
    Queen of the Fairies.
  • PEASEBLOSSOM Female 22 lines
    Fairy in waiting. Haughty.
  • MOTH Female
    Fairy in waiting. Kind. $l 24
  • MUSTARDSEED Female 21 lines
    Fairy in waiting. Disdainful.
  • SPARKLE Female
    Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful. $l 31
  • FROTH Female 1 line
    Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
  • FLICKER Female 1 line
    Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
  • LARKSPUR Female 45 lines
    Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • MARIGOLD Female 31 lines
    Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • PERI Female 7 lines
    Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
  • WILLOW Female 81 lines
    Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
  • THICKET Any gender 49 lines
    Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
  • OBERON Male 23 lines
    King of the Fairies.
  • PUCK Any gender 51 lines
    Oberon’s right-hand fairy.
  • DREG Any gender 10 lines
    Punk Fairy. Total punk.
  • MUCK Any gender 5 lines
    Punk Fairy. Total punk.
  • BOG Any gender
    Punk Fairy. Total punk. $l 8
  • BOTTOM Male 23 lines
    A mortal with a donkey’s head.

Praise for Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version

5 out of 5 stars
Danielle Bailey Miller
Compass Community
It was easy to stage; the play flowed very naturally for our students.
5 out of 5 stars
Joanna Walchuk
Savannah Country Day School
Great introductory connections to Shakespeare with opportunities for lots of character work and movement. Love this show!

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