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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?


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Re: AUDITIONS: Cast & Crew

[personal profile] datasstho 2016-11-01 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Character: Olivia Sanchez
Are they in Drama Club?: Yep!
Preferred Roles: Puck, hippolyta, Titania (uh literally the only familiarity I have with this play is that ben foster musical)
Their Audition: Olivia is actually a great performer. She gets into roles easily, she can remember and recite Shakespeare with actual personality and knows when to insert sarcasm, or when to use facial reactions. She clearly prepared.
Rating: A solid nine