A Midsummer Night's Dream
Roles / Lead Parts
This page shows which parts are for leads (ages 12-14), which parts are open to 10-11 year olds, and finally roles for those ages 8-9. It also shows which parts likely have double casting (2 campers on stage playing the part at the same time), indicated by a capital DC and which have solo songs. For parts in the The Princess and the Pauper, which is the optional pocket show in the multi-week camps and the main show in the 1-week camps, click here.
For more on casting in general click here
Lead Parts (ages 12-14; occasional 11-year old)
Titania, Queen of Fairies 1 solo song, a few shorter solos
Oberon, King of Fairies 1 solo song, a few shorter solos
(DC?) Puck, a Fairy Some individual lines in songs
DC Hermia Some individual lines in songs
DC Helena 1 solo; some individual lines
DC Demetrius Some individual lines in songs
DC Lysander Some individual lines in songs
DC Nick Bottom, a Weaver 2 solo songs, some individual parts
Supporting Parts, likely ages 12-14
Theseus, Duke of Athens
Hippolyta, Queen of Amazons
Egeus, father of Hermia 1 solo song
Chorus 3-5 songs, some challenging quartets
Supporting parts (ages 12-14, or 10-11)
Dewdrop Fairy Some solos in a duet song
Philostrate, Minister of Mirth
Lead Mechanicals: (all have a few solo lines in a song, and all can be either male or female onstage [names can change])
-- Peter Quince, a carpenter
-- Francis Flute, a bellows-mender
-- Tom Snout, a tinker
-- Snug, a joiner
-- Robin Starveling, a tailor
Supporting Mechanicals two songs, act in play-within-play
Egeus' Train sing in one song
Lords and Ladies of Theseus and Hippolyta
--- Possibility for Chorus if outstanding singer AND can hold a challenging individual part while others sing different parts
Youth Parts (ages 8-9) Students pick one:
Oberon's Fairies sing in two songs
Titania's Fairies sing two songs
(Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed have one line each)