by William Shakespeare
Audition Materials
A Midsummer Night's Dream
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Peter Dobbins
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Fleur Phillips Dobbins
PERFORMANCE DATES: Opening Thursday, July 25th, Closing Sunday, August 4th - 10 Performances: Thursday thru Saturday at 7:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm
REHEARSAL BEGIN: Saturday, June 15th, then Mondays thru Fridays 6:30 to 9:30, Saturdays 11:00am to 4:00pm
PERFORMANCE VENUE: St Joseph’s Halle, 212 W San Antonio St, Fredericksburg, TX 78624
AUDITION DETAILS: VIA ZOOM APPOINTMENT ONLY
1) Please prepare a one minute Monologue (Shakespeare or Contemporary)
OR
2) Choose one of several possible short monologues from Midsummer from the PDFs below. (Monologues do not need to be memorized for the audition.)
AUDITION DATES (LIVE VIA ZOOM APPOINTMENT ONLY): Monday evening, May 20th and Tuesday evening, MAY 21nd. To schedule an audition appointment email: Peter@stormtheatre.com.
BREAKDOWN OF CHARACTERS
THESEUS (Duke of Athens) and HYPPOLITA (Queen of the Amazons): 35 to 50’s
TITANIA and OBERON King and Queen of the Fairies late 20’s to 50
PUCK (a Fairy) 15 to late 20’s
FIRST FAIRY 15 to late 20’s
THE LOVERS (Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena): Early to late 20’s
THE MECHANICALS, Working Class Men and Women (Bottom, Peter Quince, Flute, Snout, Snug, Starveling): Early 20’s to 60’s
EGEUS (Hermia’s Father): Late 40’s to 60’s
PHILOSTRATE (Master of the Revels): 30’s to 50’s
Oberon
Titania
Egeus
Theseus
Puck
First Fairy
Bottom
Helena
Hermia
Lysander
Demetrius
Peter Quince