Olney Theatre Center's National Players to Present A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 7/15-26

Olney Theatre Center's National Players, America's longest-running touring company, opens their 67th Tour with Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on the Root Family Stage, Olney Theatre Center's outdoor stage July 15 - 26.

Shakespeare's most mischievous comedy throws unrequited lovers, warring fairies, and amateur thespians into a mysterious forest and sets a trickster, Puck, loose on them all. When a love potion gone wrong starts to confuse everyone, who will wind up chasing whom? (Recommended for ages 8 and up.)

National Players presents Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, running: Wednesday, July 15 at 8:00 pm, Thursday, July 16 at 8:00 pm, Friday, July 17 at 8:00 pm, Saturday, July 18 at 8:00 pm, Sunday, July 19 at 8:00 pm, Wednesday, July 22 at 8:00 pm, Thursday, July 23 at 8:00 pm, Friday, July 24 at 8:00 pm, Saturday, July 25 at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, July 26 at 8:00 pm at the Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832. FREE. Call the Box Office at 301-924-3400 or visit the Olney Theatre Center's website at www.olneytheatre.org for reservations.

Olney Theatre Center is an award-winning, nonprofit, Equity theatre. Located just north of Washington, D.C. in arts-rich Montgomery County, Maryland, Olney Theatre Center offers a diverse array of professional productions year-round. Olney Theatre Center is situated on 14 acres in the heart of the beautiful Washington-Baltimore-Frederick "triangle," within easy access of all three cities. Olney Theatre Center is home to National Players, America's longest-running touring company, and is led by Artistic Director Jason Loewith and Managing Director Debbie Ellinghaus. For more information, visit www.olneytheatre.org. Follow Olney Theatre Center on Twitter @olneytheatre or twitter.com/OlneyTheatre and on Facebook at facebook.com/OlneyTheatre.

Established in 1949 and based at Olney Theatre Center since 1953, National Players is America's longest-running touring company. Founded on the principle of working with communities that have limited access to live theatre, National Players is comprised of professional young actors who travel across the country each year performing three Shakespeare and classic plays in repertory. National Players also acts as an educational ambassador, teaching theatre-related courses to students of all ages and backgrounds. Though it travels thousands of miles and serves tens of thousands of people each year, National Players always comes home to Olney, Maryland. www.nationalplayers.org. Follow National Players on Twitter @nationalplayers or twitter.com/NationalPlayers and on Facebook at facebook.com/NationalPlayers.