A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2027

By Web Nerd | October 23, 2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2027, Shakespeare in the Park(ing Lot)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare
Directed by Joy Fitzgerald and Stacey Greenawalt
Audition dates: Fri Jan 22, 6:30pm & Sat Jan 23, 2:00pm
POTENTIAL CALLBACK if needed: Sun Jan 24, 6:00pm
Performance dates: June 25, 26, 27, 2027

We are looking to cast 20+ enthusiastic actors aged 15 and up!
Previous experience with Shakespeare is a plus, but NOT REQUIRED!

IN PERSON AUDITION DATES:

  • Fri Jan 22, 6:30pm
  • Sat Jan 23, 2:00pm

VIDEO AUDITIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH JANUARY 20th

IF needed, we may have a callback on Sun Jan 24, 6:00pm

Since we will be working around other productions and events at Lake Whitney Arts, we are auditioning early. We plan to begin with once-a-week rehearsals and increase as we get closer to June. TENTATIVELY, we'll begin twice-per week rehearsals in mid-late March (after UIL!)  Then 2-3 per week starting mid-April (after Wizard of Oz), and 4-per week starting in June. Actual rehearsal schedule will depend on the availability of those cast. Not every actor will be called to every rehearsal.

Most rehearsals will be INDOORS, though many may be off site.

BEFORE YOU AUDITION

  • Gather a list of ALL schedule conflicts between the audition date and final performance date. This is important. The director will cast the show and create a rehearsal schedule based on provided conflicts. If you (or your child) are cast, it is your obligation to adhere to the rehearsal schedule once it is set.
  • If you have never auditioned with us, and/or if you have a lot of theatre credits, we encourage you to bring a photo headshot and/or theatre résumé with you to auditions. We've put together a basic theatre résumé template in Google Docs that you can copy and use as a guide. This is a generic guide only. A résumé is optional for most directors and does not have to look like this!

VIDEO AUDITIONS FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

We would love to see your video auditions for this show. Normally we prefer to see you in person, but for Shakespeare, we know sometimes the passionate actors are a little further away. If auditioning via video, your recording must include two things:

  1. Slate yourself. Please state your name, role(s) for which you are auditioning, your height, your location (city or town), and any other pertinent information such as previous Shakespeare experience. This section should be no longer than 45 seconds.
  2. Perform a Shakespeare monologue no longer than two minutes. You don't have to memorize it-- it's okay to have a printed script or cheat sheet in your hand. (28 great Shakespeare monologues).

You can film in either horizontal/landscape or vertical/portrait format.

It does not have to be one continuous take! You can edit separate videos together into a single video. There are several great FREE video editors available online, including Canva, CapCut, and others (Free editing tool google search). (Here's a great tutorial on using Canva's new video editor.)

Upload your video to Google Drive, Youtube, Dropbox, or other cloud storage service, adjust permissions if needed to make sure we'll be able to see it, and copy the share link.

Paste the link to your video into our Video Audition form.

Fill out the rest of the form and submit. You'll receive a copy of the email it sends to our team.

IN-PERSON AUDITIONS FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

You are asked to prepare and perform a Shakespeare monologue no longer than two minutes. You don't have to memorize it-- it's okay to have a printed script or cheat sheet in your hand. We want to see you perform it! (28 great Shakespeare monologues).

ROLES

ATHENIANS
THESEUS, Duke of Athens (may potentially play OBERON as well)
HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus (may potentially play TITANIA as well)
EGEUS, Father to Hermia
HERMIA, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lysander
HELENA, in love with Demetrius
LYSANDER, in love with Hermia
DEMETRIUS, in love with Hermia
PHILOSTRATE, Master of the Revels to Theseus
ATTENDANTS on Theseus and Hippolyta

MECHANICALS
QUINCE, the Carpenter
SNUG, the Joiner
BOTTOM, the Weaver
FLUTE, the Bellows-mender
SNOUT, the Tinker
STARVELING, the Tailor

FAERIES
OBERON, King of the Faeries
TITANIA, Queen of the Faeries
PUCK, or ROBIN GOODFELLOW, a Faery
PEASEBLOSSOM, Faery
COBWEB, Faery
MOTH, Faery
MUSTARDSEED, Faery
Other Faeries attending their King and Queen

PYRAMUS, THISBE, WALL, MOONSHINE, LION; Characters in the Interlude performed by the Mechanicals

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