“Double double, toil and trouble…”

Embrace spooky season this October with our Foolish x Heimat collaboration. Spend an intimate evening with us as we move through a compilation of scenes and monologues from Shakespeare's darkest works all accompanied by a live musician. 

Written By William Shakespeare

Directed/Rescripted by Mikey Mulhearn, Jahel Corban Caldera, and Daria Good

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Step into the candlelit seclusion of Heimat’s private dining room, where shadows dance on the walls and the air hums with the tremor of live strings. For one night only, Foolish Production Co. invites you to a curated journey through Shakespeare’s most haunting words—scenes and monologues drawn from his darkest tragedies and supernatural tales.

Each piece is woven together like chapters of a séance, beckoning the ghosts, witches, and murderers of the Bard’s imagination to the table. Between courses of rich conversation and wine, a live musician underscores the evening—threading tension, melancholy, and magic through every moment.

This is not a typical night at the theatre. This is theatre drawn close, stripped bare, and whispered directly into your ear. The audience and actors share the same breath, the same table, the same conspiratorial thrill.

Why it Works:

• Intimacy – A private dining room becomes a secret performance space, dissolving the boundary between performer and guest.

• Atmosphere – Shakespeare’s most chilling moments are amplified by live/recorded music and close proximity.

• Exclusivity – A limited audience ensures each guest feels like a participant in a rare, fleeting experience.

• Immersion – Guests are enveloped in sound, candlelight, and the charged energy of the Bard’s language.

Tone & Feel:
Think velvet-draped mystery meets Elizabethan séance—wine glasses glinting in low light, words cutting through the hush, a bow drawn across strings lingering in the air. This is Shakespeare in his most shadowed form, brought to life for those bold enough to lean in.

Production Elements:

• Use of LED candles as the only lighting source

• We will use the room setup as is, staging around the established furniture

• Use of a live musician or a (provided by us) record player utilized by the actors involved (we have done this in a previous production)

• Addition of chairs around the outer perimeter of the space to include more audience members OR standing room in which they audience can shift around

• We would love to finish the evening with a dramatic table scene from Titus Andronicus which would involve choreographed violence

Creative Team

Playwright William Shakespeare

Director/Rescriptor Mikey Mulhearn, Jahel Corban Caldera, Daria Good

Fight Director/Intimacy Choreographer Celina Lee Surniak*

Costume Designer Kat Landreth*

Stage Manager Jesse Fiene*

*denotes ensemble member

Performance Details

Proposed dates: Off night in late October (Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday)

Tickets: Free to members

Run Time: 30 minutes no intermission

Bar Collaboration: Include glass of wine as part of the event or speciality cocktail available for purchase

We would like to propose the opportunity to add an additional night for our subscribers as a fundraising opportunity for the company.

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About Foolish

At Foolish Production Co, we make bold, beautiful mischief through theatre and film.

Our mission is to celebrate, challenge, and expand our understanding of ourselves and one another through affordable, communal, and daringly innovative storytelling. Whether classical or contemporary, every Foolish production is designed with its space in mind—be it a rooftop sundeck, bustling bar, or traditional stage—to ignite an experience that blurs the line between audience and actor, echoing the spirit of early theatre.

We believe in stripping away the unnecessary to uncover the extraordinary. Through conscious casting, sharp reinterpretation, and space-specific design, we invite our audiences into a revelatory encounter—one that is immediate, intimate, and unmistakably alive.

Notable productions from Foolish Production Co include a queer reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set in an immersive nightclub; a critically acclaimed, stripped-down staging of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika; and a raw, visceral Titus Andronicus designed specifically for the back club room of a downtown LA bar.

Each of these productions featured historically inspired design elements—communal lighting, unconventional seating that placed audiences within the action, and bold, inclusive casting. Actors of diverse genders, sexualities, races, and identities stepped into roles traditionally denied them, reclaiming classical works with urgency and vision.
Foolish Production Co., Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization Federal Tax ID# 85-0635620

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