A Midsummer Night's Dream presented by Babes With Blades Theatre at The Edge Theatre

Chicago Reader - Recommended

"...Tt was a surprise to see stage combat-focused Babes With Blades Theatre Company stage a Shakespeare comedy (my last experience was a dark and subversive Richard III). While the production drags at times with uneven pacing, the application of BwB's physical acting style to Shakespeare's daffy comedy is also refreshing and fun."

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...Babes With Blades Theatre Company's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", directed by Lauren Katz, is a delightful rendition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, enriched by the company's signature focus on stage combat and marginalized voices. Known for their dedication to integrating stage combat into storytelling, Babes With Blades infuses this Shakespearean classic with physicality and intensity right from the start, setting the tone with a gripping blade fight that grabs the audience's attention. This inventive addition serves as a compelling introduction to the world of Athens, where the play's central events unfold around the impending marriage of Theseus (played by Jalyn Greene) and Hippolyta (Hayley Rice)."`

Buzz Center Stage - Highly Recommended

"...I’ve delighted in Babes with Blades since they began in 1997, and they are never more delightful than when slashing and sauntering their gender-flouting way through Shakespeare. Apt, that: MAGA really should condemn all the Bard’s works as rooted in cross-dressing! The Babes would thumb their noses at that, though! And here they give us a lighthearted gambol through enchanted woods in the ever beloved A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM."

Third Coast Review - Highly Recommended

"...Each iteration of A Midsummer Night's Dream presents a different version of the confounding and enchanted woods in which the characters lose themselves. Audience members walk in, wondering how this fairyland will differ from the last."