La Mirada Theatre to Present A MIDSUMMER SATURDAY NIGHT'S FEVER DREAM, 7/12-14

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is delighted to bring back the always hilarious TROUBADOUR THEATER COMPANY and their smash-hit, critically-acclaimed A MIDSUMMER SATURDAY NIGHT'S FEVER DREAM, directed by Matt Walker! A MIDSUMMER SATURDAY NIGHT'S FEVER DREAM will perform one weekend only - Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd in La Mirada.

How Deep Is Your Love for the Troubies?! Join them as they dig down to their roots and dust off their fairy wings, tights and white disco suits to re-imagine Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The star-crossed lovers steam and scheme, and the Bard's most famous fairy, Puck, will be Jive Talkin' as this assorted band of merrymakers heats up into a Disco Inferno. The Night Fevers will break 104 and make you sweat, so don your halter-tops and Boogie Shoes and let the Troubies melt your hearts. Feeling the fever already? Take A Fifth of Beethoven and call us in the morning!

Troubadour Theater Company is a free-wheeling, no holds barred, Commedia dell'Arte flavored, slapstick driven Los Angeles based ensemble of actors, musicians, and comedians that has been performing for audiences throughout Southern California and beyond since 1995. Their fast-paced, laugh-filled, loose adaptations (some of the lines are still there) of classic plays, literature and film, as well as their original productions and hilarious sketch material, make this company a unique and exciting experience for theater-goers of any age. The Troubies, as they are affectionately called, have played to audiences throughout California, performing in parks, schools, parades, Legion Halls, food festivals, and fringe festivals. The company is a Not for Profit organization and has performed charitably for many causes including animal conservation, adult rehabilitation, AIDS awareness, California Literacy Night for LAUSD, children with autism and other youth programs. Troubadour members have professional experience as writers, directors, and performers for film, television, theater, orchestra, and circus. In its adaptations of the Bard's classics, Troubadour has combined the beauty of Shakespeare's language with feats of acrobatic physicality, comic routines, and musical numbers. What makes for even more fun is the clownish, interactive style in which the performances are presented. Improvisation plays a large part as audience members are called upon to help erect the set, sing along, and even enlisted to play parts! Never the same show twice! In recent years the Troubies have put their spin on all genres of classic tales, such as A Midsummer Saturday Night's Fever Dream, Fleetwood MacBeth, Hamlet the Artist Formerly Known as Prince of Denmark and Frosty the Snow Manilow. Troubadour Theater Company was one of five arts oganizations selected by the Santa Monica City Council to program youth entertainment at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. The Troubies' travels have grown each year to include theaters in Hollywood (The Ford Amphitheatre, The Roxy on Sunset, The Matrix Theatre), Santa Monica (The Miles Memorial Playhouse), Malibu (The Getty Villa), Burbank (Falcon Theatre), La Mirada (La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts), Long Beach (The Carpenter Center), Garden Grove (Grove Theatre Center), Fullerton (The Muckenthaler), Ojai (Ojai Shakespeare Festival), San Francisco (San Francisco Fringe Festival), Hailey, Idaho (sponsored by Company of Fools at the Liberty Theatre) and Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Fringe Festival).

The Troubies have received numerous accolades including the Ovation Award for Best Season in 2009 for their productions ofAs U2 Like It, Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2 - Through the Looking Glass and It's a Stevie Wonderful Life. In 2010 they won the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Award for Musical Direction (Eric Heinly) for A Wither's Tale as well as Ovation Awards for Production of a Musical (Large Theatre) for Oedipus the King, Mama! and Director of a Musical (Matt Walker) for Oedipus the King, Mama! Matt Walker was also presented with the Joel Hirschhorn Award for Achievement in Musical Theatre. For their 2010 season, the Troubies were nominated for 16 Ovation Awards including Best Season for The First Joel, A Wither's Tale and Fleetwood Macbeth and Best Musical (Large Theatre) for A Wither's Tale, taking away the wins for Best Season, Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Matt Walker, A Wither's Tale), Best Featured Actress (Beth Kennedy, A Wither's Tale), Best Acting Ensemble for a Musical (A Wither's Tale) and Best Director of a Musical (Matt Walker, A Wither's Tale). Most recently, the Troubies have been nominated for another six Ovation Awards for the 2011/2012 season, including Best Production of a Musical, Music Direction (Eric Heinly), Featured Actor in a Musical (Matt Walker and Rob Nagle) and Featured Actress in a Musical (Beth Kennedy and Christine Lakin) for Two Gentlemen of Chicago and Choreography (Molly Alvarez), Music Direction (Eric Heinly) and Featured Actor in a Musical (Matt Walker) for A Christmas Westside Story. For more information on the Troubies or details on how to donate to this growing troupe, please visit www.troubie.com.

A MIDSUMMER SATURDAY NIGHT'S FEVER DREAM will perform on Friday, July 12 at 8pm; Saturday, July 13 at 2pm & 8pm and Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 2pm.

Tickets range from $10 - $50 and can be purchased at La Mirada Theatre's website, www.lamiradatheatre.com or by calling the La Mirada Theatre Box Office at (562) 944-9801 or (714) 994-6310.