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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Auditions for <b>Albany Civic Theater</b>'s
final show of the 2010-2011 season, <i><b>A Midsummer Night’s Dream
</b></i>by William Shakespeare, <b>directed by Carol King,</b> will
be held <b>7pm Monday, February 14 and Tuesday, February 15, 2011 </b>at:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Albany Civic Theater, 235 Second
Avenue, Albany, NY, 462-1297, info@albanycivictheater.org</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i> runs
May 6-22, 2011.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sign-ins begin at 7pm both evenings and
auditions begin at 7:30pm; there is no need to make an appointment.
There is no need to prepare a monologue; auditions will consist of
cold readings from the script. We are looking for approximately 8
women (approximate ages 18 through 99) and approximately 13 men
(approximate ages 18 through 99). There will likely be some
cross-gender casting, so if you are unwilling to play someone of the
opposite sex, please indicate that on your audition sheet. We will
also be looking for any special talents you might have and using them
in the production accordingly - juggling, singing, dancing,
acrobatics, etc.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Synopsis:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i>
portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of
amateur actors and their interactions with Theseus, the Duke of
Athens; Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons; and the playful and
meddlesome fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Available roles:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>PUCK</b> (18-99) Oberon’s jester,
a mischievous fairy who delights in playing tricks on humans. Puck’s
enchanting presence, both as narrator and protagonist, is everywhere
throughout the play. Puck is surely the most intelligent of all the
characters.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>OBERON</b> (20-39) King of the
fairies, he is strong-willed, pompous and must have his way (“His
Majesty the Baby,” as Freud might have put it)—Oberon is a king
after all.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>TITANIA </b> (20-39) The beautiful
and elegant Queen of the fairies. She is as strong-willed as her
husband but far more grounded than he.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>LYSANDER</b> (18-25) He is a
wealthy young man of Athens in love with Hermia, whose father Egeus
wishes her to marry Demetrius. Lysander rebelliously carries Hermia
away from the court and into the forest to marry her.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>DEMETRIUS</b> (18-25) Another young
man of Athens also in love with Hermia, initially, though ultimately
in love with Helena. He pursues Hermia with passion and rejects
Helena with disdain.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>HERMIA </b> (18-25) A young woman of
Athens. She is Egeus’s daughter and, against his will, in love
with Lysander. She is a friend to Helena. However, self-conscious
about her short stature, she becomes convinced that Helena has wooed
the men with her height.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>HELENA</b> (18-25) A young woman of
Athens. She is in love with Demetrius, who has scorned her. After
Puck does his mischief with a love-potion, both young men fall in
love with her and she is sure they are mocking her.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>EGEUS</b> (40-70) Hermia’s
father. Domineering and humorless, he demands that his daughter
marry whomever he wishes or suffer under Athenian law.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>THESEUS</b> (20-39) Duke of Athens.
He is a heroic presence and symbolizes Athenian power and order.
(May double as Oberon)</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>HIPPOLYTA</b> (20-39) The Queen of
the Amazons engaged to Theseus. Like Theseus, she represents the
Law. (May double as Titania, but a very different character)</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>NICK BOTTOM</b> (18-99) He is a
weaver and amateur actor who believes himself to be a great actor.
He delivers his lines with bombastic arrogance. When Puck turns his
head into that of an ass, we see the true nature of the man.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>PETER QUINCE</b> (18-99) A
carpenter who is also the nominal head of the group of amateur actors
who are attempting to put on a play for Theseus’s wedding. He is a
tidy little man who believes in his authority though his authority is
constantly dismissed by Bottom.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>FRANCIS FLUTE</b> (18-99) A rough
and ready bellows-mender, he looks and sounds nothing like the young
girl he is supposed to play. He, therefore, gives Thisbe a squeaky
little voice.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>ROBIN STARVELING</b> (18-30) He is
a tailor who is supposed to play Thisbe’s mother. Not nearly old
enough for the part, he adopts a creaky walk.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>TOM SNOUT</b> (18-99) A tinker
(mender of household utensils), he is a terrible and clumsy actor.
He ends up playing the wall.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>SNUG</b> (18-99) A joiner (puts
pieces of wood together to make household articles), he is chosen to
play the lion. He fears however that his roaring might frighten the
ladies.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>PHILOSTRATE </b> (18-99) Master of
the revels, responsible for organizing the entertainment for the
Duke’s wedding.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>PEASEBLOSSOM</b>, <b>COBWEB</b>,
<b>MOTE</b>, and <b>MUSTARDSEED</b> (18-99) Fairies who attend to
Bottom after Titania falls in love with him.</p>
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