A Midsummer Night’s Dream

For the first time in its history, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe takes on Shakespeare, with A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Geoffrey Owens, the actor remembered as Elvin Tibideaux on The Cosby Show, who has also built a résumé in directing and teaching Shakespeare. Founder Nate Jacobs's company has recently run to musical revues and August Wilson's Fences, so this comedy of tangled romances, mischievous fairies and magical transformations marks a real departure. The production plays in the Donelly Theatre on the troupe's Orange Avenue campus, part of a season themed "Rhapsodies of Rhythm."