Mauckingbird Theatre Company invites submissions for A Midsummer Night’s Dream produced in partnership with Hedgerow Theater.
Hedgerow Theatre Company and Mauckingbird Theatre Company together present
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Directed by Peter Reynolds
July 26-August 11, 2024
Hedgerow Theatre Company, Rose Valley, PA
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reimagined as a modern tale of young love. Athens is an elite boarding school where the social scene and dating are stunningly dramatic. In the company of Academy Head Theseus and his bride-to-be Hippolyta, Egeus demands that his daughter Hermia marry an ideal son-in-law, Demetrius. Young love gets complicated as Hermia rather is obsessed with her female classmate Lysander, and a young man named Helena becomes smitten with Demetrius. All bets are off when the schoolmates take a trip to a fluid forest and meddling monarchs Oberon and Titania stir up chaos and mischief.
CASTING 20 roles:
Theseus – Head of Athens Academy, 35-50, male identifying
Hippolyta – betrothed to Theseus, 35-50, female identifying
Egeus – father of Hermia, 35-50, male identifying
Hermia – Athens Academy student, female identifying
Helena – Athens Academy student, male identifying
Lysander – Athens Academy student, female identifying
Demetrius – Athens Academy student, male identifying
Puck – a sprite with magical powers, any gender
Titania – Monarch of the Fairies, any gender
Oberon – Monarch of the Fairies, any gender
The Mechanicals – Athens Academy’s intrepid theatre troupe, any gender:
Nick Bottom
Peter Quince
Francis Flute
Tom Snout
Snug
Robin Starveling
Fairies who attend Titania – any gender:
Peaseblossom
Cobweb
Moth
Mustardseed
Please submit headshot/resume and a taped 90-120 second Shakespeare monologue for consideration by April 12, 2024 to [email protected].
Invited callbacks are planned for April 22, 2024. Rehearsals begin July 1, 2024.
Callbacks, rehearsals, and performances will take place at Hedgerow Theatre located at 64 Rose Valley Rd, Media, PA 19063. No housing is available - local submissions only.
Mauckingbird and Hedgerow Theatres' encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and performers with disabilities to apply.
