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An '80s Folk-Horror Slasher Inspired by Shakespeare's Classic

Five recent college grads venture to a remote cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains, hoping for a final, unforgettable summer weekend. Instead, they find themselves in a nightmare awash with neon and synth beats. Their encounter with a local moonshine stirs up long-hidden secrets, and a sudden violent act stains the ancient forest with blood, unintentionally releasing a wrathful pagan deity imprisoned in the woods. Thrown into a realm where the natural order is disrupted and a terrifying entity starts a relentless pursuit, these friends must let go of their carefully crafted facades to make it through the night.

Please Note: Midsummer Night Scream is an intense and immersive horror experience featuring stylised violence, body horror, and exploring themes such as internalised homophobia, parental grief, and psychological trauma.

Dates

Rehearsals and Performances will be taking place at the Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Roles

Roles Details

Title

SAM (Helena)

Content

Quiet spoken and pensive, Sam is the emotional raw nerve of the production.

Sam is in love with Dimitri and has been for years. He carries his mother's dementia, her broken warning, his broken promise, and something else - something he keeps under a canvas bucket hat that never comes off, something the audience won't understand until the hat does. Exceptional dramatic range. The ability to hold grief, love, humor, and supernatural weight simultaneously. Physical specificity — Sam's body tells the story before his words do. Stamina for a long and demanding arc.

Salary

$625 flat rate

Gender

Male Only

Age

18 - 35