The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra teamed up with the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey to create a mashup of the original A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM with Mendelssohn's symphony of the same name. Ten actors, directed by Bonnie J. Monte, played all the roles while a sixty-piece orchestra was conducted by Jacques Lacombe. Jim played Bottom, a working man who is turned into a donkey by a mischievous fairy. Later Bottom himself performs in a play-within-the-play:
Photo by wonderful actor Tim Liu.