{"id":402,"date":"2023-12-29T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:56:10","slug":"midwinter-nights-dream-named-top-nj-production-of-2023-by-njarts-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=402","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; named Top NJ Production of 2023 by NJArts.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Foubert was honored to return to Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in the beloved comedic role of Bottom for Bonne Monte&#8217;s final show in her re-seasoned &#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; &#8211; and is delighted to learn that the production has been named by one critic as the top New Jersey production of 2023, alongside productions from well-known theaters like Paper Mill Playhouse and McCarter Theater and a broad range of other well-deserving theaters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any list of this size means a great deal of time and effort supporting and promoting the arts &#8211; thank you to the folks at NJ Arts for continuing to support the art form of live theater in the region! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njarts.net\/a-midwinter-nights-dream-offers-frozen-fun-at-shakespeare-theatre-of-nj\/\">\u201cA Midwinter Night\u2019s Dream,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison. \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d transferred to a wintertime setting, with some daring and well-executed physical humor and a fresh, frosty look. This inspired production serves as a fitting finale for Bonnie J. Monte,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njarts.net\/bonnie-j-monte-says-she-wants-to-go-out-with-a-bang-in-last-year-as-stnj-artistic-director\/\">who is stepping down from her position of artistic director after more than three decades<\/a>\u00a0(she co-wrote this adaptation). But it also augurs well for the institution\u2019s future, as it was directed by Brian B. Crowe, who will take over as artistic director next year.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Jay Lustig, NJ Arts.com<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the whole article here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-njarts-net wp-block-embed-njarts-net\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WiK7ZGZ1b3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njarts.net\/top-15-nj-theater-productions-of-23-a-midwinter-nights-dream-the-pianist-fiddler-on-the-roof-more\/\">Top 15 NJ Theater productions of \u201923: \u2018A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream,\u2019 \u2018The Pianist,\u2019 \u2018Fiddler on the Roof,\u2019 more<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Top 15 NJ Theater productions of \u201923: \u2018A Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream,\u2019 \u2018The Pianist,\u2019 \u2018Fiddler on the Roof,\u2019 more&#8221; &#8212; NJArts.net\" src=\"https:\/\/www.njarts.net\/top-15-nj-theater-productions-of-23-a-midwinter-nights-dream-the-pianist-fiddler-on-the-roof-more\/embed\/#?secret=HOYfYEHfRV#?secret=WiK7ZGZ1b3\" data-secret=\"WiK7ZGZ1b3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Foubert was honored to return to Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in the beloved comedic role of Bottom for Bonne Monte&#8217;s final show in her re-seasoned &#8220;Midwinter Night&#8217;s Dream&#8221; &#8211; and is delighted to learn that the production has been named by one critic as the top New Jersey production of 2023, alongside productions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidfoubert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/STNJ_Midwinter_Brunkus_260.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}