The Thyme of the Season
~or~
A Mid-Autumn Night's Dream

A sequel to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Written by Duncan Pflaster
Concieved by Duncan Pflaster and Clara Barton Green


Photo of Clara Barton Green as Puck
in Holla Holla's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream

And now that Summer’s in the past,
Another season’s passed us by;
The wind takes on a rougher cast
And silent clouds are in the sky.
The nights are longer, darker, too.
Hobgoblins find it’s time to play,
When pumpkins swell and witches woo,
And banshees howl the night away.
So humans bundle up and hide,
As fragile as the Autumn leaves,
Or better yet, just stay inside-
Let no one face what he believes.
Stay inside where’s naught to fear;
The darkness comes, this time of year.

It's Hallowe'en, 4 months after Midsummer. When Titania and Oberon need to pay their 7-yearly tithe to hell, they need to find a human soul to sacrifice. Puck's been ensorcelled by a witch so that he can't sleep, and there's a new Autumn fairy, Pumpkinseed, who is in love with that merry wanderer of the night. Meanwhile, Helena is pregnant, Demetrius thinks she's cheating, Lysander is exploring his feminine side, and Hermia is unsatisfied. Bottom has become a huge famous rich ass. Everyone goes into the forest, but will they all come back out?