A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Auditions: Wednesday, August 23 (7PM-10PM)
Callbacks (by invitation): Thursday, August 24th (7PM-10PM)
Performances: November 16-19, 2023
Directed by: Sarah Murphy
Assistant Directed by Siri Allison
Produced by Kyle West
Performers are asked to prepare one of the selected available at FortSalem.com/auditions. You may be asked to read another scene, or another character within the same scene.To sign up for an audition appointment, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/…/10C094CA4AC2FA4F4C70….
Where no age or gender is specified, all actors will be considered. The roles of the Fairies are open to adults and children ages 8 and up.
Four lovers:
HERMIA, early to mid 20s, female presenting
LYSANDER, early to mid 20s
HELENA, early to mid 20s, female presenting
DEMETRIUS, early to mid 20s, male presenting
Athenian nobility:
THESEUS, duke of Athens, male presenting
HIPPOLYTA, queen of the Amazons, female presenting
EGEUS, parent to Hermia, 40s+
PHILOSTRATE, master of the revels to Theseus
The “Mechanicals”:
NICK BOTTOM, weaver,
PETER QUINCE, carpenter,
FRANCIS FLUTE, bellows-mender, teens to early 20s, male or nonbinary presenting
TOM SNOUT, tinker
SNUG, joiner
ROBIN STARVELING, tailor
The Fairy Kingdom:
OBERON, king of the Fairies, male presenting
TITANIA, queen of the Fairies, female presenting
ROBIN GOODFELLOW, a “puck,” or hobgoblin, in Oberon’s serviceFairies attending upon Titania:
PEASEBLOSSOM
COBWEB
MOTH
MUSTARDSEED
Additional roles:
Lords and Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta
Other Fairies in the trains of Titania and Oberon