Lafayette Ballet Company: Coppelia and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Coppelia: Meet Dr. Coppelius, the ultimate bachelor inventor who’s created the “perfect” girlfriend – a life-sized doll named Coppelia. Enter Franz, a charming local guy who can’t help but notice this seemingly unattainable beauty sitting by the window. His actual girlfriend Swanilda is NOT amused. When she discovers Franz’s fascination, she hatches a hilarious plan: she’ll disguise herself and infiltrate Dr. Coppelius’s workshop to expose the truth. Cue a comedic sequence where Swanilda pretends to be the doll, driving the eccentric inventor crazy, while proving to Franz that real love beats any mechanical creation. Spoiler alert: True love wins, the doll gets debunked, and our couple ends up happily together after a series of zany misunderstandings.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Imagine the most chaotic workplace romance ever, set in a magical forest. Fairy king Oberon and queen Titania are in the middle of a spectacular relationship meltdown. Meanwhile, four young professionals are experiencing the most complicated love quadrangle imaginable: Hermia loves Lysander, but her father wants her with Demetrius, who Helena is desperately crushing on. Enter Puck, essentially the office troublemaker with a magic love potion, who proceeds to create romantic mayhem by making everyone fall for the wrong person. Expect mistaken identities, slapstick humor, and magical mix-ups that would make any modern dating app look tame. By the end, couples are sorted, misunderstandings are cleared, and everyone gets their happily ever after – with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments along the way.