by Chloe Whitehorn

Mad River Theatre Company, TK Fringe Festival

August 1-11, 2024

Baby Grand Theatre, Kingston

Directed by Chloe Whitehorn​​

"a modern sequel bound to enchant Shakespeare aficionados, sweeping them into 45 minutes of lucid dreaming... refreshingly different...unique... layered narrative." --Skylar Soroka, KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD

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"The Fall After Midsummer, a terrifically tense two-hander written and directed by Chloë Whitehorn. With a savvy blend of flowery language and punchy comedic sensibilities, this present-day sequel to A Midsummer Night’s Dream knocks toxic tropes off their dusty pedestals, conjuring a spellbinding, Shakespearean whodunnit full of twists and turns... Whitehorn’s critique of toxic relationships — more specifically, the way that readers and audiences are trained to see toxic love as true love — is made all the more lucid by entangling it in a tale of romantic fantasy. Dressed in the dreamy trappings of its genre, The Fall After Midsummer manages to capture both the guilty pleasure of reading a bodice-ripper and the satisfaction of listening to a smart, funny friend give that same bodice-ripper a brutal feminist takedown." --Haley Sarfeld, Intermission Magazine

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