<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-sqs-block gmail-html-block gmail-sqs-block-html" id="gmail-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1658849783594_2717" style="height:auto;padding:17px;clear:none;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro;font-size:17.6px"><div class="gmail-sqs-block-content" style="outline:none"><div class="gmail-sqs-html-content" style="outline:none;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><p class="gmail-" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem">Fort Salem Theater will hold auditions for <span style="font-weight:700">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</span> this Wednesday, August 23.  All roles are open to actors of all ethnicities and gender identities. If you are unable to attend auditions, please submit your audition video as soon as possible to Kyle@FortSalem.com.

To sign up or review audition sides, please visit <a href="http://www.fortsalem.com/auditions">www.fortsalem.com/auditions</a>. </p><img src="cid:ii_llmcsn490" alt="Square-AMSND.png" width="286" height="286" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p class="gmail-" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem"><span style="font-weight:700">Rehearsal for A Midsummer Night’s Dream will begin on Sunday, October 1, 2023</span>. Rehearsals will typically be held Sundays from 6PM-10PM, Monday-Thursday from 7PM-10PM and occasional Saturday mornings, pending the availability of the cast and the needs of the show. However, the actual schedule will be determined by the cast and director’s availability. A full calendar will be provided by the first rehearsal. </p><p class="gmail-" style="margin:1rem 0px 0px">Each actor will receive a minimum of two complimentary tickets. Actors who participate in 2023 productions will also receive a free 12-month invitation to opening weekends for all MainStage productions. At this time, housing, travel & performance stipends are not available. </p></div></div></div><div class="gmail-sqs-block gmail-html-block gmail-sqs-block-html" id="gmail-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1690387269856_24136" style="height:auto;padding:17px;clear:none;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:acumin-pro;font-size:17.6px"><div class="gmail-sqs-block-content" style="outline:none"><div class="gmail-sqs-html-content" style="outline:none;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><p class="gmail-" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem"><span style="font-weight:700">About The Show:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</span><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Auditions: Wednesday, August 23 (7PM-10PM)<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Callbacks (by invitation): Thursday, August 24th (7PM-10PM)<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Performances:  November 16-19, 2023 <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Directed by: Sarah Murphy<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Assistant Directed by Siri Allison<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Produced by Kyle West<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Performers are asked to prepare one of the selections  available at the button below. You may be asked to read another scene, or another character within the same scene. <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Where no age or gender is specified, all actors will be considered. The roles of the Fairies are open to adults and children ages 8 and up. </p><p class="gmail-" style="margin:1rem 0px">Four lovers:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">HERMIA,</span> early to mid 20s, female presenting<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">LYSANDER</span>, early to mid 20s<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">HELENA</span>, early to mid 20s, female presenting<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">DEMETRIUS</span>, early to mid 20s, male presenting</p><p class="gmail-" style="margin:1rem 0px">Athenian nobility:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">THESEUS</span>, duke of Athens, male presenting<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">HIPPOLYTA</span>, queen of the Amazons, female presenting<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">EGEUS</span>, parent to Hermia, 40s+<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">PHILOSTRATE</span>, master of the revels to Theseus</p><p class="gmail-" style="margin:1rem 0px">The “Mechanicals”:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">NICK BOTTOM</span>, weaver, <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">PETER QUINCE</span>, carpenter, <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">FRANCIS FLUTE</span>, bellows-mender, teens to early 20s, male or nonbinary presenting<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">TOM SNOUT,</span> tinker<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">SNUG</span>, joiner<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">ROBIN STARVELING</span>, tailor</p><p class="gmail-" style="margin:1rem 0px">The Fairy Kingdom:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">OBERON</span>, king of the Fairies, male presenting<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">TITANIA</span>, queen of the Fairies, female presenting<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">ROBIN GOODFELLOW</span>, a “puck,” or hobgoblin, in Oberon’s service</p><p class="gmail-" style="margin:1rem 0px 0px">Fairies attending upon Titania:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">PEASEBLOSSOM</span><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">COBWEB</span><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">MOTH</span><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">MUSTARDSEED</span><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Additional roles: <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lords and Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Other Fairies in the trains of Titania and Oberon</p></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(111,168,220)"><b><font size="4">Kyle West </font></b><font size="4"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">(he/him)</span></font></font><b><font size="4"><br></font></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><font size="4">Executive & Artistic Director, <span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Fort Salem Theater</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(111,168,220)"><b>A:</b></span> 11 E. Broadway | Salem, NY 12865 (mail to: PO Box 10 | Salem, NY 12865)<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(111,168,220)">P:</span></b> 518-854-9200 <b><span style="color:rgb(111,168,220)">E:</span></b> <a href="http://goog_65929712" target="_blank">Kyle</a><a href="http://@FortSalem.com" target="_blank">@FortSalem.com </a><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/FortSalemTheater" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/kylechristopherwest/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="http://www.FortSalem.com" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="http://eepurl.com/haOL2H" target="_blank">Sign Up For Our Mailing List</a><a href="http://fortsalem.com/" target="_blank"><br></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://fortsalem.com/2023-season" target="_blank"><img width="420" height="235" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yXJrqP_X70okhafoDEqYZ3VunJ9BrvDuqIpjk2XX5OLqge9zlfwM-_dr4DQWrjhpd0qVucaEM"></a><br><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.FortSalem.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"></span></span></a></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>