A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Performances: July 11-26, 2025
At the Highland Park Bowl
Director: Lizz K.d
Auditions
AUDITIONS will be held at the Community of the Savior Church, 4 E. Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream AUDITION dates:
*Sunday April 27, 5-9 PM
Monday April 28, 6-9 PM
DANCE AUDITIONS: Thursday April 24, 6-9 PM
*Midsummer Auditions will coincide with auditions for our next production, “The African Company Presents Richard III”
William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy about love, mix-ups, and magic will be performed July 11th – 26th 2025 (8pm nightly, Wednesdays-Sundays.) Directed by Lizz Kd, with original music by Seth Faergolzia, and choreography by Elyssia Primus.
Actors should prepare a 1-2 minute classical or Shakespearean monologue. Actors may be asked to read an additional scene or monologue from the play, which will be distributed at the audition.
Some roles will be doubled. The entire cast will perform simple choreographed movement to music. Some roles will feature simple singing, dancing, music-making, clowning, or circus skills. No previous experience necessary, all types of performers are encouraged to audition! Many roles will feature intimacy or fight and movement choreography.
The ensemble will contain several roles for dancers (including some non-speaking dance tracks.) Additional dance auditions will be held Thursday April 24th from 6-9PM.
The characters are listed as non-gender specific. No role will be cast based on gender identity, but rather, actors will be cast with a gender-conscious consideration of the ensemble as a whole. Actors age 16 and up and all genders will be considered.
* = Indicates roles that may be doubled
The Athenians:
*THESEUS – Duke of Athens
*HIPPOLYTA – Queen of Amazons
*HERMIA – in love with Lysander
*HELENA – in love with Demetrius
*LYSANDER – in love with Hermia
*DEMETRIUS – suitor to Hermia
*EGEUS – Hermia’s parent
*PHILOSTRATE – Theseus’s Master of Revels
The Mechanicals:
PETER QUINCE – A carpenter
NICK BOTTOM – a Weaver, plays Pyramus
*FRANCIS FLUTE – a bellows-mender, plays Thisbe
*SNUG – a joiner, plays Lion
*TOM SNOUT – a tinker, plays Wall
*ROBIN STARVELING – a tailor, plays Moonshine
The Fairies:
*OBERON – King of the Fairies
*TITANIA – Queen of the Fairies
*PUCK – Oberon’s knavish sprite
*A FAIRY – a fairy
*PEASEBLOSSOM – a fairy
*COBWEB – a fairy
*MOTH- a fairy
*MUSTARDSEED – a fairy
ASSORTED ENSEMBLE, fairies, attendants, townsfolk, etc.
Performances will be July 11-26th, Wednesdays-Sundays at 8pm at the Highland Park Bowl. Tech rehearsals will be the first two weeks of July. Rehearsals will begin May and run through June, mostly on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at the Community of the Savior Church 4 E. Henrietta Road.