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M AY 2015 17 TheaTer Preview PhotocourtesytheateratMonMouthenhancedbyPortlandMagazineshakesPeareanfiguresluna.folger.edu Magic at Monmouth The spiky passions of Henry Jamess The Turn of The Screw Shakespeares The winters Tale and Nol Cowards Fallen angels shake up the summer. IntervIew by Kelsey HarrIson F ounded in 1970 the Theater at Mon- mouth was named the Shakespear- ean Theater of Maine by the state legislature in 1975. Dawn McAndrews has been producing artistic director since 2011 and she likes to plan each summers sched- ule around a theme. This ones a killer. How did you come up with the Magic Murder and Mayhem concept I start working on season planning well over a year in advance. The plays start to come together first and then the theme emerges. Magic murder and mayhem came from a desire to explore the mag- ic in theater and the supernatural in Shakespeares plays. Our mission is to present innovative approaches to Shake- speare and other classic playwrights. Our audience has come to expect well see two plays by the Bard. Whats in the line-up this summer and how do you organize the overlapping runs of the plays The most difficult part is figuring out how to take the cast in each play and build the tracks each actor will take on for the sum- mer. As we rehearse and perform in rotat- ing repertory the actors have to be working on each role simultaneously. Each week in July we bring all the technical elements to- gether and open a different play each Friday nightfour weeks in a row. So Friday night you perform in The Winters Tale Saturday matinee in Fool of the World Saturday night The Turn of the Screw Sunday afternoon Fallen Angels then Sunday night A Mid- summer Nights Dream followed by a post-performance discussion. In between the magic elves come in and switch the sets from one to the other and back again. On Mon- day everyone collapses and gets ready to start it all again. What can you tell us about Cumston Hall and any