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Gooseberry Mods ([personal profile] goosemods) wrote in [community profile] gooseberryhigh2016-11-01 11:49 am

DRAMA AUDITIONS: A Midsummer Night's Dream



DRAMA AUDITIONS

Every year at Gooseberry, a performance is held right before winter break. This year, the Drama Club will be putting on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Inspired by the Halloween Dance, Mrs. Acuña and Ms. Thrussell explain that their plan is to use a Victorian costuming and setting theme, which they hope to be quite ambitious.
  • Students may try out and potentially be cast as any role, regardless of gender.
  • Shenanigans may cost you a part!
  • Drama students get preference for roles, but anyone may try out.
  • If you have multiple characters trying out for roles: We're going to try to spread out the roles to as many players as possible, so you may only see one of your characters getting a spot.
  • Not everyone will get a role.
  • Students may also apply to work backstage in the technical crew.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

The Athenians
  • Theseus: Duke of Athens
  • Hippolyta: Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
  • Philostrate: Master of the Revels
  • Egeus: father of Hermia, wants her to marry Demetrius
  • Hermia: daughter of Egeus, in love with Lysander
  • Helena: in love with Demetrius, Hermia's friend
  • Lysander: in love with Hermia at first but later loves Helena and then returns to loving Hermia
  • Demetrius: initially loves Hermia but later loves Helena
The fairies
  • Oberon: Titania's husband and King of the Fairies
  • Titania: Oberon's wife and Queen of the Fairies
  • Puck: servant to Oberon
  • Peaseblossom: fairy servant to Titania
  • Cobweb: fairy servant to Titania
  • Moth: fairy servant to Titania
  • Mustardseed: fairy servant to Titania
The mechanicals
  • Peter Quince: carpenter, leads the troupe and plays Prologue
  • Nick Bottom: weaver, plays Pyramus
  • Francis Flute: bellows-mender, plays Thisbe
  • Robin Starveling: tailor, plays Moonshine
  • Tom Snout: tinker, plays Wall
  • Snug: joiner, plays Lion
Members for the technical crew are also needed! These can be people working on lighting, music, set design, costumes, makeup, etc.

If your character is trying out for a role, please fill out the following:
Character:
Are they in Drama Club?: Characters in Drama are more likely to get a part, as they are assumed to be more practiced.
Preferred Roles: Which roles would they (or you) want? There's no guarantee that they'll get a preferred role.
Their Audition: Describe how their audition went.
Rating: Rate their performance on a scale of 1 to 10.



If your character would like to volunteer for the stage crew, please fill out the following:
Character:
Are they in Drama Club?: Characters in Drama are more likely to get leadership roles.
Backstage Roles: Which backstage tasks would they like to focus on, if any?


[identity profile] lfmkarapst.insanejournal.com 2016-11-01 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Character: Trixie Armstrong
Are they in Drama Club?: Yes!
Preferred Roles: ...whoever is evil. She's best at being bad and tricky. So have at it.
Their Audition: Trixie is nothing but a performer. She goes out there and gives a damn good performance having actually run lines and practiced with Robin often enough and typically while making a butt ton of costumes, Trixie has this.
Rating: Everyone is saying eight, in Trixie's mind this was a totally a 10.
quinning: (47 :))

[personal profile] quinning 2016-11-01 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Trixie earns a "WOOP WOOP WOOP!"

[identity profile] lfmkarapst.insanejournal.com 2016-11-01 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Trixie cheered for her own cheering!