Dreamland

ADULTS
MELISSA SIMMS – Channel 9 news reporter. Excellent in front of the camera, and a force to be reckoned with away from it.
COLONEL RASMUSSON – High ranking officer of the Air Force, and government liaison for Dreamland. Imposing, but gregarious, convinced his facility has nothing to hide.
PRINCIPAL WILSON – Principal of Las Vegas Prep School. The only chaperone for the weekend, so a bit jumpy. Parent of Rebecca. Can be any gender.
SNYDER – The last of a long line of caretakers at Area 51. Dreams of being an entertainer. (Range: Ab2-A4)
CAMERA OPERATOR – Employee of Channel 9 News. A person of few words. Can be any gender.

HONOR STUDENTS
REBECCA – Teenage pilot. Dreams of joining the Air Force. Leader of the honor students and daughter of Principal Wilson. (Range: A3-D5 (opt. Eb5))
RANDY – Lover of geology, radiobiology, and Rebecca. (Range: G2-E4)
ELIOT – Meteorology enthusiast who dreams of being a TV weatherman and going on a date with Rebecca. (Range: A2-G4)
AURORA – Astronomy buff and secret conspiracy theorist who believes in alien life. Has severe social anxiety, and is misunderstood because of it. (Range: G3-Db5)

SHOW CHOIR
NEW DAWN – Show choir at Las Vegas Prep School comprised of energetic and eager triple threats. Flexible size. SATB.
QUINN – Student elected director/choreographer of New Dawn. Can be any gender.
SCOTT – New Dawn’s resident student composer.

ALIENS
ALIENS – Extraterrestrials who have been stranded on Earth for over sixty years. Obsessed with the music of the 1950s. Flexible size.
OBERON – Co-captain of the alien expedition, determined to return home. Can be any gender. (Range: F2-Eb4)
TITANIA – Co-captain of the alien expedition, no-nonsense. (Range: F3-F5)
PUCK - Youngest member of the expedition, a troublemaker. Can be any gender. (Range: G3-D5)
COBWEB, PEASEBLOSSOM, MOTH & MUSTARDSEED – Minions of Titania. (Range: C&P: Bb3-E5(opt.G5), Moth:Bb3-Eb5, Mustardseed: F3-C5(opt.D5))

AUTHORS’ NOTE
A few things to keep in mind: the show is a fast-paced B-movie send-up of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, silly and a little outrageous. Depending on the size of your cast, it is possible for the show choir and the aliens to be played by the same group of actors, provided their costumes are easily swapped. These two groups perform the big production numbers, of which there are quite a few; think Glee on crack. Designers should not be afraid to embrace a creative, low-tech/low-budget approach to the set and costumes. While a realistic bunker/hangar can be very effective, the whole show could be done on a set of scaffolding; furthermore, a 2-D tinfoil and cardboard rocket ship could prove just as effective as a 3-D metallic one if the actors imbue it with authenticity. As noted, many characters can be cast in any gender; just swap pronouns.

AUTHORS’ NOTE
A few things to keep in mind: the show is a fast-paced B-movie send-up of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, silly and a little outrageous. Depending on the size of your cast, it is possible for the show choir and the aliens to be played by the same group of actors, provided their costumes are easily swapped. These two groups perform the big production numbers, of which there are quite a few; think Glee on crack. Designers should not be afraid to embrace a creative, low-tech/low-budget approach to the set and costumes. While a realistic bunker/hangar can be very effective, the whole show could be done on a set of scaffolding; furthermore, a 2-D tinfoil and cardboard rocket ship could prove just as effective as a 3-D metallic one if the actors imbue it with authenticity. As noted, many characters can be cast in any gender; just swap pronouns.