Casting Call for Two Upcoming Plays

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male identifying) - A charismatic soldier who’s a poet, duelist, philosopher, and gourmet par excellence. His outsize talents are matched only by the size of his nose, about which he is most sensitive. He truly at ease only in performance, willing himself into larger-than-life stances that both exaggerate and disguise his insecurities.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Female identifying) - A quick-witted idealist. A romantic who prizes poetry and wit but is allured by physical beauty.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male identifying) - Handsome. Soldier. Sincere and honorable. A bit shallow. Basic. Not dumb, but not a ‘fast-on-his-feet’ thinker either.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male identifying) - A manipulative and arrogant nobleman who is in love with Roxane. He uses his position to control others, but later reveals some depth.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male or female identifying) - A pastry chef and poet, and Cyrano’s loyal friend. His excessive love of art and food conflicts with his practical life.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male identifying) - Cyrano’s confidant and close friend. Level-headed and loyal, he temper’s Cyrano’s impulsiveness.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male or female identifying) - Ragueneau’s sharp-tongued spouse, who disdains his love for poetry and eventually leaves him for a musketeer. (Will be doubled with other roles)

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Female identifying) - Roxane’s chaperone is easily distracted, especially by food. (will be doubled with other roles)

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male or female identifying) - A rabble-rousing poet and satirist. His biting verses get him into trouble with powerful people, requiring Cyrano’s intervention. (will be doubled with other roles)

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male identifying) - A venal peacock aligned with deGuiche. He has a big mouth. All powder. No shot. (will be doubled with other roles)

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male identifying) - The charismatic and loyal leader of Cyrano’s regiment, the Gascony Cadets. (will be doubled with other roles)

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" (Male or female identifying) - A great boob. A pompous, over-acting buffoon.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" Ensemble/Minor Roles

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" Ensemble/Minor Roles.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" Ensemble/Minor Roles.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" Ensemble/Minor Roles.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" Ensemble/Minor Roles.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" Ensemble/Minor Roles.

"CYRANO de BERGERAC" Ensemble/Minor Roles.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Duke of Athens. Theseus would be well-known to the audience as a figure from classical mythology, most famous for slaying the Minotaur and then abandoning the Cretan princess who helped him in that venture. In Midsummer he has recently returned from conquering the Amazons, a race of warrior women, and is about to marry Hippolyta, their Queen. Theseus is an extremely powerful ruler and conqueror, but out of his depth with marriage at the beginning of the play.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" The legendary warrior Queen of the Amazons engaged to marry Theseus. In Shakespeare’s source (Plutarch) Hippolyta arranges her marriage to Theseus as part of a peace treaty ending a war between Athens and the Amazons. In Midsummer she is a peacemaker as well as warrior and a challenging match for Theseus.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Young man of Athens in love with Hermia. He recklessly persuades Hermia to elope with him into the forest. A bit of a rebel.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Young man of Athens in love with Helena, then Hermia, then Helena. Between his own fickle character and Puck’s mischief, Demetrius is tossed back and forth between the women. A little bit straight laced and conservative.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Egeus’s strong-willed daughter and childhood friend to Helena. Both Demetrius and Lysander are in love with her. She is in love with Lysander. Shows a ferocious side when she thinks Lysander has deserted her.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" A good friend of Hermia’s in love with Demetrius despite his humiliating rejection of her advances. Love has no pride.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" A classic blocking parent, Egeus tries to control his/her headstrong daughter’s love life. Never goes well.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Theseus’s Master of the Revels who organizes the wedding entertainment. (Doubles with Puck)

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" A carpenter and the writer/director of “Pyramus and Thisbe.”

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" The bellows-mender cast as Thisbe.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" The tailor cast as Moonshine.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" The joiner (carpenter) cast as Lion.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" The tinker (handyman) cast as the Wall, dividing Pyramus from Thisbe.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" A hobgoblin who delights in playing pranks on mortals; he is Oberon’s out-of-control servant. He has a connection not only to the fairy and human worlds of the play, but also to the world of the audience. This role doubles with Philostrate.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" The King of the Fairies who rules with Titania. During the play they are fighting over custody of a child Titania adopts in India. Oberon loves his queen but, like Theseus, has a lot to learn about sharing power. This role doubles with Theseus

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Queen of the Fairies who rules with Oberon. Poetically articulates the damage being done to the natural world because of her power struggle with Oberon. It will take a comic magical transformation that humiliates both Oberon and Titania to reconcile them and bring nature back into balance. This role doubles with TItania

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Fairies in Titania’s court who interact invisibly with the humans. Comic skills needed. Some singing and dancing required.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Fairies in Titania’s court who interact invisibly with the humans. Comic skills needed. Some singing and dancing required.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Fairies in Titania’s court who interact invisibly with the humans. Comic skills needed. Some singing and dancing required.

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" Fairies in Titania’s court who interact invisibly with the humans. Comic skills needed. Some singing and dancing required.