[NEohioPAL] AUDITIONS for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, directed by Mitchell B. Fields

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Audition  Information 

Fairmount Performing  Arts Conservatory [FPAC] 

A  Midsummer Night’s Dream 
By William Shakespeare 

Directed by _Mitchell B.  Fields
_ (http://www.fairmountcenter.org/fpac08/fields.htm) 

Audition Dates, Times, Appointments and  Location: 
Saturday September 6th  1:00pm until 5:00pm 
Sunday September 7th  12:00pm  until 2:00pm 
Callbacks will be held on  September 7th from 2:00 – 5:00pm  
at Mayfield Village Performing  Arts Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield 
Village 
Make your appointment by  calling 440-338-3171. 

Audition Preparation:  
Please prepare a one minute  monologue from a Shakespearian play that is not 
from A Midsummer Night’s  Dream.

About  the Play:  
Check out information on  Wikeipedia:  
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream) 


Roles  Available: for ages 12 through 22 
The men and women in the play  of high social class:  
Lysander, beloved of Hermia  
Hermia, beloved of Lysander, engaged  to Demetrius  
Helena, in love with Demetrius  
Demetrius, in love with Hermia but  then falls in love with Helena later on. 
Engaged to Hermia  
Egeus, father of Hermia, wants to  force Hermia to wed Demetrius  
Theseus, Duke of Athens, good friend  of Egeus  
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and  betrothed of Theseus  
The lower-class citizens in the play:  
Philostrate, Master of the Revels for  Theseus 

The acting troupe (otherwise  known as The Mechanicals):  
Peter Quince, carpenter, who leads  the troupe  
Nick Bottom, weaver; he plays Pyramus  in the troupe's production of "Pyramus 
and Thisbe," and gets a donkey head put  on him by Puck so that Titania will 
magically fall in love with a monster.  
Francis Flute, the bellows-mender who  plays Thisbe.  
Robin Starveling, the tailor who  plays Moonshine.  
Tom Snout, the tinker who plays the  wall.  
Snug, the joiner who plays the lion.  

The supernatural  characters:  
Puck, a.k.a. Hobgoblin or Robin  Goodfellow; a faun, servant to Oberon  
Oberon, King of Fairies  
Titania, Queen of Fairies  
Titania's fairy servants (her  "train"):  
First Fairy  
Peaseblossom, fairy  
Cobweb, fairy  
Moth (sometimes rendered as 'Mote')  fairy  
Mustardseed, fairy 


Rehearsal Information:  
Rehearsals begin the week of  September 22 and continue through November 13, 
4 to 6 days a week.  Rehearsals on Mondays and Wednesdays  will be from 7:30 
pm - 9:30pm . On Tuesdays and Thursdays will be from 4:00pm -  6:30pm. On 
Sundays rehearsals will be from 1:00pm - 5:00pm. Not everyone will be  called to 
every rehearsal until the final two weeks. (Beginning November 2)  Please be 
prepared to list all conflicts at the time of the audition. From the  conflicts 
listed the director will determine the rehearsal schedule, which  hopefully 
will not be altered. The early rehearsals will take the form of a  seminar on 
acting the works of William Shakespeare.
Performance Dates:  
November 14, 15, 16, 21, 22   and 23. Two performances on November 16 and 23. 

Tuition:  
There will be a participation fee  and a minimum number of tickets that each 
cast member will be required to  purchase.  Specific details will be  
available at auditions.



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