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Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version

Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version

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 full-length version here.

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
19 Characters
2 M12 F5 Any Gender
Set
Unit set
Length
42 pages
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19 Characters
2 M, 12 F, 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 [F] 168 lines
A young Woodland Fairy. One of Titania’s fairies in waiting. Stumpy. Loud.
TITANIA [F] 78 lines
Queen of the Fairies.
PEASEBLOSSOM [F] 22 lines
Fairy in waiting. Haughty.
MOTH [F]
Fairy in waiting. Kind. $l 24
MUSTARDSEED [F] 21 lines
Fairy in waiting. Disdainful.
SPARKLE [F]
Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful. $l 31
FROTH [F] 1 line
Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
FLICKER [F] 1 line
Water fairy. Shiny, bubbly, and quite forgetful.
LARKSPUR [F] 45 lines
Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
MARIGOLD [F] 31 lines
Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
PERI [F] 7 lines
Flower Fairy. Beautiful and vain. Mean girls.
WILLOW [F] 81 lines
Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
THICKET [A] 49 lines
Woodland Fairy. Friends of Cobweb. Rough and tumble. Mischievous.
OBERON [M] 23 lines
King of the Fairies.
PUCK [A] 51 lines
Oberon’s right-hand fairy.
DREG [A] 10 lines
Punk Fairy. Total punk.
MUCK [A] 5 lines
Punk Fairy. Total punk.
BOG [A]
Punk Fairy. Total punk. $l 8
BOTTOM [M] 23 lines
A mortal with a donkey’s head.

Praise for Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version

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

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