Moonlight Revels

 A Reimagining of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Madness Most Discreet (MMD) is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of Moonlight Revels, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, making its Buffalo premiere at The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA) on Friday May 16th, 2025 at 6pm and 8pm. This bold new work fulfills Madness Most Discreet’s mission to make Shakespeare’s plays radically accessible to all.

Founded in 2014, Madness Most Discreet is best known for their hallmark approach: one play, four actors, endless possibilities. Each actor learns the entire script, and in a spontaneous collaboration with the audience at the top of each performance, roles are assigned on the spot, making every performance unique.

Moonlight Revels invites you to enter Shakespeare’s world of pure imagination and endless possibility. Each showing (6pm and 8pm) will be uniquely shaped by its audience’s choices. With no role that is bound by gender, class, age, or status -- audiences are offered the rare opportunity to witness how interpretation, identity, and storytelling transform across performances.

We believe Shakespeare’s stories are about us. They belong to everyone.

Free For All Forever.