*William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream * *Translated by Jeff Whitty* *Directed by: Derdriu Ring* - *Auditions:* *April 1st from 5-8pm and April 2nd 4-7pm * - Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 7196 Som Center Rd, Solon, Ohio 44139 - Casting Age = 16 yrs + - *Call Backs: April 21st 6-9pm * - Chagrin Arts 88 N. Main Street Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022 (parking in the back of the building) - *Rehearsal Dates: June 27 through August 5, 2022* - Our Redeemer Lutheran Church - *Performance Dates: August 6 & 7 and August 13 & 14* - Performances outside at Solon Community Park. Rain space Our Redeemer Lutheran Church - Actor's will be paid on the final performance. - *Please sign up for a time slot.* Contact Megan Mingus at *mmingus@chagrinarts.org <mmingus@chagrinarts.org>* to sign up and with any questions. - *Please bring a headshot and resume in person or submit electronically* to *mmingus@chagrinarts.org <mmingus@chagrinarts.org>* - Please *bring any conflict dates* to the audition. - Please have *one 2 min monologue prepared and one song 16 bars a capella, no longer. * *Roles* Theseus (also plays Oberon) Male-identifying.The Duke of Athens, has recently won a war against the Amazons, and to reward himself for his victory is going to marry their queen Hippolyta, whether she likes it or not. Egeus (also plays Fairy) All genders. A courtier at Theseus’s court and his master of revels. Philostrate (also plays Puck) All genders. Theseus’s Master of the Revels. The Duke sends him to encourage everybody in Athens to celebrate his wedding and have a festive time during the four days leading up to the ceremony. Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons (Also plays Titania) Female-Identifying. Having been defeated in battle by Theseus, she is now betrothed to him. Lysander Male-identifying. A young man of Athens, of good family and fortune. Demetrius Male-identifying. Not the most admirable of young men. Having wooed Helena and won her heart, he shifts his attentions to Hermia, who will have none of him, but whose father favors him. Hermia Female Identifying. Egeus’s daughter. In love with Lysander, she refuses to marry Demetrius despite the threat of death for her refusal. Helena Female Identifying. A young lady of Athens. She was wooed and rejected by Demetrius and remains in love with him. Peter Quince All genders. A carpenter with literary pretensions who organizes some fellow workers into preparing a play he has written to present to Theseus and Hippolyta on their wedding day (in which he presents the Prologue). Nick Bottom Male Identifying-The weaver, a take-charge sort of person, who wishes to play all the parts he can in Quince’s play. Francis Flute ( also plays Cobweb) All genders. A bellows-mender, a young person whose facial hair is only just beginning to grow. Tom Snout ( also plays Peaseblossom) All genders. A tinker cast as Pyramus’s father and the Wall in Quince’s play. Snug ( Also plays 2nd Fairy and Moth) All Genders. The joiner is not the most quick-witted of fellows, and is therefore cast as the lion to avoid his having to learn lines. Robin Starveling (Also plays Mustard Seed) All Genders- This tailor portrays Moonshine in Quince’s play. Oberon King of Fairies. Male-Identifying- Proud, angry, and vengeful, he quarrels with Titania for the sake of a changeling boy, and on being refused decides to humiliate her into obedience. Titania Queen of Fairies. Female- Identifying. Sensual, earthy and powerful. Her quarrel with Oberon disturbs nature, but she still refuses to give up the boy who is at the quarrel’s root. -- Margaret Reardon Community Engagement Coordinator Chagrin Arts 88 North Main Street <https://maps.google.com/?q=88+North+Main+Street> Chagrin Falls OH 44022 <https://maps.google.com/?q=Chagrin+Falls+OH+44022> 440-247-9700 216-272-4277