Following the rousing success of last year’s “As You Like It,” Bath Shakespeare Festival returns to beautiful Library Park with one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Featuring professional actors and designers from Maine and across the country, the performances are presented in conjunction with the Patten Free Library with the support of local businesses and volunteers. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” runs Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 6 p.m. from July 16-26.

One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” features a quartet of starcrossed lovers, a tyrannical father, kings, queens and fairies galore, the devilish Puck, the clownish “Rude Mechanicals,” and a man turned into an ass. With its lush costumes, hand-carved masks and giant puppets, this production offers a feast for the senses. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” treats audiences to a magical night in the forest they will never forget.

“Our production will be a surreal delight,” said director Stephen Legawiec. “And for the fairy world, the audience will become part of the dream themselves. It will be absolutely fun and unforgettable.”

This production features hand-carved, custom-made masks by Nyoman Setiawan, a master craftsman from Bali. Local high school students are cast as fairies. The cast includes: Gordon Adams (Egeus), Fern Beede (Starveling), Ryan Biggs (Snout), Joanna Brown (Moth), Rachel Clausen (Titania), Laura Collard (Hermia), Robert Dall (Flute), Kyle Golden (Demetrius), Rebecca Hamer (Mustardseed), Adrienne Joyce (Helena), Peter Sansbury (Lysander), Morgan Sciacca (Peaseblossom), Bart Shattuck (Bottom), Benjamin Watson (Oberon), Dana Wieluns (Puck) and Collin Young (Snug).

The artistic personnel is as follows: Director is Stephen Legawiec, Costumes by Anne Collins, Mask/Movement Director is Dana Wieluns. For more information, call (207)854-8882.