A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Inspired by kehaar 's production of the Importance of Being Earnest, I've decided to attempt my own petz play. I've chosen one of my favorites, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. For those who aren't familiar with this classic comedy, here's a brief synopsis:

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena). In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy. The plot twists up when Oberon's head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of labourers preparing a play for the Duke's wedding (one of whom is given a donkey's head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny.
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It's better than it sounds, I promise. Like kehaar's play, the casting process will be pretty simple; just post a picture of your pet, their name, and the part (or parts) they are auditioning for. Once the parts are cast, I'll collect everyone by email, and I'll take pictures of everybody's petz "acting out" the play. I'll also be posting this on whiskerwick, so if you're active on both forums, you don't need to post your auditions on both.

Anyways, here are all the roles:

The Athenians
Theseus – male - Duke of Athens
Hippolyta – female - Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
Philostrate – male - Master of the Revels (small part)
Egeus – male - father of Hermia, wants her to marry Demetrius
Hermia – female - daughter of Egeus, in love with Lysander
Helena – female - in love with Demetrius
Lysander – male - in love with Hermia at first, but later loves Helena, and then goes back to love Hermia
Demetrius – male - in love with Hermia at first, and then loves Helena at the end

The Fairies
Oberon – male - Titania's husband and King of the Fairies
Titania – female - Oberon's wife and Queen of the Fairies
Robin Goodfellow/Puck – male - servant to Oberon (this part will probably go to my cat Jack unless someone really convinces me otherwise)
Peaseblossom – female - fairy servant to Titania (small part)
Cobweb – female - fairy servant to Titania (small part)
Moth – female - fairy servant to Titania (small part)
Mustardseed – female - fairy servant to Titania (small part)

The Mechanicals (an acting troupe)
Peter Quince – male - carpenter, leads the troupe and plays Prologue
Nick Bottom – male - weaver, plays Pyramus
Francis Flute – male - bellows-mender, plays Thisbe
Robin Starveling – male - tailor, plays Moonshine
Tom Snout – male - tinker, plays Wall
Snug – male - joiner, plays Lion

I don't have a definite deadline for the casting yet, but I'll be sure to give a few days notice before I close it for good.

[Meomi]

I'll be auditioning my petz they love acting! I'll post them real soon.

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[Meomi]

Chedey wants to be Lysander


Kash wants to be Demetrius


Dante wants to be Theseus


Reese wants to be Philostrate


Cliff wants to be Peter Quince


Zoonie wants to be Oberon


Charita wants to be Hippolyta


Mai wants to be Hermia

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I've decided to set the deadline as the 30th. However, I'm willing to provide an extension if anyone needs it, as I know the holidays are a super busy time of year; just let me know by replying to this thread. Also, I've posted this on RKC.

[manda587]

BloodHound, for any male part


Cinderella, for any female part


Elmo, for any male part


Fate, for any female part


Boss, for any male part


Crumble, for any male part


Firecracker, for any male part


Fox, for any male part


Hercules, for any male part


Jake, for any male part


Glacier, for any male part


Dollface, for any female part


Willow, for any male part


Wizard, for any male part



-whew- almost missed this!

[Penny]

Snowflake, Mel, and Mana would like to audition for the three minor fairy parts


Fea would like to audition for Peaseblossom


Dan would like to audition for Puck

Sorry this is so last minute :/

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Casting is closed! Here's the cast:

The Athenians
Theseus – Dante (Meomi)
Hippolyta – Charita (Meomi)
Philostrate – Reese (Meomi)
Egeus – BloodHound (manda587)
Hermia – Cinderella (manda587)
Helena – Mai (Meomi)
Lysander – Chedey (Meomi)
Demetrius – Kash (Meomi)

The Fairies
Oberon – Lux (me)
Titania – Fate (manda587)
Robin Goodfellow/Puck – Jack (me)
Peaseblossom – Fea (Penny)
Cobweb – Snowflake (Penny)
Moth – Mel (Penny)
Mustardseed – Mana (Penny)

The Mechanicals (an acting troupe)
Peter Quince – Cliff (Meomi)
Nick Bottom – Hercules (manda587)
Francis Flute – Crumble (manda587)
Robin Starveling – Glacier (manda587)
Tom Snout – Boss (manda587)
Snug – Elmo (manda587)

Meomi manda587 Penny

Hopefully this works for you! If anyone is really unhappy about how this was cast, let me know and I can try to shift things around. I want to begin filming as soon as possible, so please send the lucky actors to [e-mail] as soon as you get the chance!

[Meomi]

I just sent them your way! Thanks for giving my petz the parts! Hopefully they don't give you too much of a hard time lol

[manda587]

Oh man this is SO cool!! I can't wait to see this!
I sent the petz over, along with Glacier's breedfile just in case you don't have it

[Penny]

Sent them your way, I hope you don't have too much trouble with their breedfile. Can't wait to see how the play turns out.