This production is adorable. Not every joke's a corker, mind you, but remember that the definition of "comedy" in the early 1600s was that someone gets married at the end. A Shakespearean romp doesn't have to be joke-setup-joke like an episode of How I Met Your Mother. The plot, about mortals and Amazons besotted by magical flowers, is both dorky and disarming, and you can't beat the scenery.
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[Animal Fire Theatre, A Midsummer Night's Dream, through July 31, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, donations accepted, Priest Point Park, Olympia, animalfiretheatre.com]
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