This summer, courtesy of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, a Harlem Renaissance–flavored Midsummer Night’s Dream takes to Spanish Harlem at the open-air Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, in Marcus Garvey Park, and the prospects couldn’t look rosier. Carl Cofield, whose Afrofuturistic Twelfth Night on the same stage in 2022 was light on its feet, a treat for eye and ear, and true to the text, returns to the director’s chair for this centerpiece of the company’s silver-anniversary season. “The aim of this production is really to celebrate Harlem in Harlem with Harlemites,” says Cofield. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream under the stars and sky of Harlem—that was irresistible to me.” —Matthew Gurewitsch