Overview
- Page Six first reported the casting on Thursday, July 23, and the item was quickly corroborated by multiple entertainment outlets.
- The show, titled Midsummer!, is a 90-minute modern adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that will preview in Pittsburgh on July 31 and August 1 before a scheduled Edinburgh Festival Fringe run from August 7 through August 31.
- Suri Noelle is a 20-year-old Carnegie Mellon School of Drama student who has just completed her sophomore year and performed in a one-night staged reading at Pittsburgh’s New Hazlett Theater in March.
- Reports say the production’s itinerary is set but it remains unclear whether Noelle will travel with the cast to Scotland, a logistical detail outlets describe as developing.
- The coverage places Noelle’s casting in the context of her recent public name change and reported estrangement from her father, Tom Cruise, and notes the Fringe’s international platform — including shows this year that reference Cruise — as a likely point of wider visibility if she appears there.