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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

DIMITRI (Demetrius)

Content

Four generations of Carnell men staring out of Connecticut portraits, and Dimitri is the one who finally cracks.

He is the preppy, closeted golden boy in the 80s - Ivy League-bound, letterman jacket in the middle of summer, the easy unearned authority of a boy groomed for a boardroom since birth. His performance as the Golden Boy is flawless. It has been flawless for years. Tonight it breaks.

Dimitri carries the most complex arc in the play: from performing himself, to being possessed by something that lives in the empty rooms his shame created, to finding the courage - at enormous cost - to close those rooms from the inside through his love for Sam. He is not the villain. He is a man who was afraid of himself for so long that something moved in.

This role requires an actor willing to go to genuinely dark places - the cocaine ritual, the mirror possession, the moment of self-forgiveness - while keeping Dimitri's fundamental humanity visible throughout.

Salary

$625 flat rate

Gender

Male Only

Age

18 - 35