I, PEASEBLOSSOM is a lark, even compared to its light-hearted inspiration, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

“It doesn’t take a man to play the role of Bottom,” says veteran actor Susan Wefel, who is playing one of Shakespeare’s most ridiculous fools. “It can be a woman.”

Shakespeare made simple, and simply fun.

REV invited us to chase characters through the Forest of Arden against a backdrop of South Philadelphia’s urban skyline.

Philly Shakes is offering audiences a mid-spring series of supplemental events on three Sundays in April and May.

Philly Shakes’ production isn’t afraid to embrace the wonderfully silly and naughty aspects of Shakespeare, and the approach works like a charm.