A Midsummer Night's Cryptid

by Brian Rust

This play finally answers the question so many people have wrestled with, "What if a Sasquatch wandered through the middle of events during 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?"

This play finally answers the question so many people have wrestled with, "What if a Sasquatch wandered through the middle of events during 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?"

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A Midsummer Night's Cryptid

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  • Cherielyn Ferguson: A Midsummer Night's Cryptid by Brian Rust
    “

    What a fun mash-up with something for everyone. A Midsummer Night's Eve's lovers, along with Puck and Bottom, get mixed in with the mythical creatures of the Pacific Northwest and Loch Ness. Funny from start to finish, the play offers six fully-rounded characters that are sure to be fun for actors to perform and enjoyed by a lucky audience.

    What a fun mash-up with something for everyone. A Midsummer Night's Eve's lovers, along with Puck and Bottom, get mixed in with the mythical creatures of the Pacific Northwest and Loch Ness. Funny from start to finish, the play offers six fully-rounded characters that are sure to be fun for actors to perform and enjoyed by a lucky audience.

    ”
  • Ava Love Hanna: A Midsummer Night's Cryptid by Brian Rust
    “

    This is the kind of play you read and think, "Wow, this might be THE perfect short comedy." Everything Brian Rust writes is smart and deeply funny, but A Midsummer Night's Cryptid is a rare gem: a clever, pun-filled parody that manages to be both a love letter to Midsummer and a complete subversion of it. It's witty, as charming as the original play, and offers pure, unadulterated fun. Absolutely demand to see this on stage.

    This is the kind of play you read and think, "Wow, this might be THE perfect short comedy." Everything Brian Rust writes is smart and deeply funny, but A Midsummer Night's Cryptid is a rare gem: a clever, pun-filled parody that manages to be both a love letter to Midsummer and a complete subversion of it. It's witty, as charming as the original play, and offers pure, unadulterated fun. Absolutely demand to see this on stage.

    ”

Character Information

PUCK, any gender, a chaotic fairy who breaks the 4th Wall like a pantomime dame.
LYSANDER, 20s-ish Athenian, dosed with a love potion and totally irrational
SAS, a Bigfoot, a voice of reason. Can be played by any gender.
HELENA, a 20s-ish Athenian, also irrational thanks to a love potion but with an IQ a few points higher than Lysander
NESSIE, the Loch Ness Monster. Any gender. No amount of Scottish accent is too much.
BOTTOM (can double with Puck or Lysander) part human, part donkey. Male, any age.
  • Puck
    Any age, any gender, anyone who can portray a very chaotic fairy prankster.
    Immortal
    Any
    Any
  • Lysander
    A young Athenian, dosed with a love potion and totally irrational
    20s
    Any
    Male or male-presenting
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Sas
    A Bigfoot, the play's voice of reason.
    Any adult
    Any
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
  • Helena
    Another Athenian, also irrational thanks to a love potion but with an IQ a few points higher than Lysander
    20ish
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • Nessie
    The Loch Ness Monster. (No amount of Scottish accent is too much.)
    Hundreds, maybe thousands of years old
    Any
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
  • Bottom
    Part human, part donkey.
    30-60
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary

Production History

  • Fringe, Divine Madness Players - Performances at New Tampa Arts Festival and Necronomicon, 2025