Susquehanna Stage announces auditions for Williams Shakespeare's

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In this enchanting reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic, love triangles tangle, mischief brews, and magic lurks around every moss-draped corner. With voodoo charms and the haunting rhythms of early New Orleans, this Midsummer invites you into a world where anything can happen under the spell of the moon.

Directed by Jeremy Patterson

Performances
September 18 - 27, 2026

Audition Dates
Monday 6/29 and Tuesday 6/30
5:30PM - 9:00PM
Callbacks by invitation only July 1st (5:30PM - 9:00PM)

For the auditions
Please prepare a Shakespearean monologue (any sonnet, poem, or play)

Contact with Questions
Jeremy Patterson | jrpatterson12@gmail.com

Casting Breakdown

COURT OF ATHENS

Theseus - The heroic duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing he/him pronouns.

Hippolyta - Recently captured Amazonian Queen. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing she/her pronouns

Egeus - Protective Athenian father of Hermia. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing he/him pronouns. 

LOVERS

Hermia - Young Athenian woman in love with Lysander. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing she/her pronouns.

Lysander - Young Athenian man in love with Hermia. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing he/him pronouns.

Demetrius - Young Athenian man in love with Hermia, pursued by Helena. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing he/him pronouns.

Helena - Young Athenian woman in love with Demetrius. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing she/her pronouns.

MECHANICALS

Quince - Athenian carpenter and amateur director/stage manager. Open to all gender expressions. 

Nick Bottom - Athenian weaver and amateur actor. A real ass. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing he/him pronouns.

Francis Flute - Athenian bellows-mender and amateur actor. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing he/him pronouns.

Snug - Athenian joiner and amateur actor. Open to all gender expressions.

Snout - Athenian tinker and amateur actor. Open to all gender expressions.

Starveling - Athenian tailor and amateur actor. Open to all gender

expressions.

FAERIES

Oberon - Eternal masculine ruler of the forest, THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST.

Titania - Eternal feminine ruler of the forest. Open to all gender expressions comfortable playing she/her pronouns.

Puck - Mischievous fairy who serves Oberon. Open to all gender expressions.

Fairy – A fairy who serves Titania. Open to all gender expressions.