Auditions

Auditions for our next production:

 

Auditions are Monday, April 24 and Tuesday, April 25
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Miller Center

For our June youth/adult production this year, Renaissance is proud to present the premier of local playwright Dwayne Yancey’s Revenge of The Fairy Queen! In this imaginative and hilarious unauthorized sequel to Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania realizes that Oberon has duped her into falling in love with a mortal transformed into an ass. Furious, she plots revenge to be carried out on Midwinter’s Day. However, her plot goes awry in a very big way as complications and adventures ensue.

Roles available for both youth and adult actors.

All ages welcome! No preparation necessary. Readings will be taken from the script.

• Titania – (female) Queen of the fairies, set on revenge. Adult Character
• Oberon – (male) King of the fairies, ruler of the forest. Adult Character
• Peaseblossom – (female) a fairy, thinks she’s the top fairy. Youth Character
• Cobweb – (female) an annoying fairy. Youth Character
• Moth – (female) a romantic fairy. Youth Character
• Mustardseed – (female) the quiet, practical, non-nonsense fairy. Youth Character
• Puck – (male or female) mischievous as always. Any Age
• Nick Bottom – (male) one of the rude mechanicals, spends much of this play transformed into a goat
• Peter Quince – (male or female) one of the rude mechanicals. Any Age
• Hippolyta – (female) queen of the Amazons and now wife of the Duke of Athens. Adult Character
• Theseus – (male) the Duke of Athens. Adult Character
• Myrina – (female) the self-confident Amazon squire to Hippolyta. Youth Character
• Xander – (male) the squire to Theseus. Youth Character
• The Changeling – (male or female) the mortal child that the fairies stole as a baby, and is now older. Any Age
• The Mob – (male or female) Multiple actors that play a mob, also must be able to inspire audience particip. Any Age.

You do not need to attend both audition sessions.