ShakesBEERience

Enter an enchanted midsummer night with confused lovers and flowing beer‼️

Join us for A Midsummer Night's Dream at ShakesBEERience, directed by SVS Artistic Director Angie Higgins, where fairies flit, passions ferment, and Bottom might steal the spotlight and the last round. Expect love potions, mistaken identities, and enough chaos to make you wonder if someone spiked the keg with Puck’s finest.

This FREE staged reading serves up Shakespeare with a frothy twist, proving that the course of true love never did run smooth… especially after a few.

Please be advised that Narrative Fermentations is open for business to the general public! This means SVS does not have reserved seating, so we encourage guests to arrive as early as possible to secure a spot to enjoy the beer-drinking shenanigans.

Admission is FREE.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
directed by Angie Higgins

Friday, May 8, 2026

Show starts at 6:30 PM

Narrative Fermentations
101 E Alma Ave
San José, CA 95112

Admission: FREE! (But donations are graciously accepted.) • Beer will be available for purchase.

CAST

Bezachin Jifar
Oberon, Theseus

Melissa Mei Jones
Titania, Hippolyta

Nick Louie
Puck, Philostrate

Betsy Shipounoff
Egeus, Robin Starveling

Evelyn Huynh
Hermia

Andre Leben
Lysander

Doll Piccotto
Helena

Kyle Dayrit
Demetrius

Tonya Mara
Peter Quince, Cobweb

Zachary Vaughn-Munck
Nick Bottom, Pyramus

Dan C.
Francis Flute, Thisbe, Mustardseed

Sara Renée Morris
Tom Snout, Wall, Peaseblossom

Christian Vaughn-Munck
Snug, Lion, Moth