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i got cast as puck
I Was cast as puck in act five for the school play. I really hate that part. I really want to be in the school play but I really don't want to be puck, especially in act five. I don't understand why they cast me as puck since I'm a girl and auditioned for Titania and the lovers. What should I do?
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omg puck is the best part!!!
When I saw it this beautiful girl played her. She was like a cute little pixie who had a temper like tinker bell. It was so cute!
If you still really don't want to play it I would say quit. There are probally so many other people who would love to have that part!
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When it comes to Auditioning, you shouldn't put your expectations so high. You have to remember, you're not the director, and you're not casting the show. And even though you may be a girl and auditioned for a girl role, doesn't necessarly mean that you'll get the part. I'm sure there's gonna be more than one girl to audition at an audition. Plus when it comes to casting, you have to have talent and stage pressents and have that magnitisim towards the auditions and facials. Even if you do have talent and people say that your really good and you are good, doesn't mean that you'll get the part you want. It also has to do with what the casting directors are looking for. If they want a tan girl with brown hair and blue eyes and sound like what they want and is the age that they want or height, you have all that plus talent, then you got the part! But it all depends on what they're looking for. I've tried out for Smallville, Lion King on Broadway and StarSearch. And I thought I did really good! And I almost made it into Smallville, but I wasn't what they were looking for, and the other Auditions I wasn't what they were looking for. Remember this, "if it's ment to be, then it will happen, and if you don't get what you truely want, there's something even better out there for you!" That's my quote. I don't mean to let you down...but that's what casting directors are for. HAHA!
Sincerely,
MiSSc
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You have three options.
Your first option is to complain to the teacher, the director, and everyone who will listen until you get a part more to your liking. This will mean at least one person on the cast will be inconvenienced, and you will annoy your director. This is usually not something professional actors do.
Your second option is to keep the part, do it, and let everyone know how unhappy you are. Your attitude will show through in your performance and it will be clear that you were miscast, and that your acting skills are not up to doing anything that isn't typecast to the kind of character you'd prefer to play.
Your third option is to do what Charlize Theron did when she was cast as a lesbian prostitute serial killer. She found out everything she could about the character she was playing, studied how to move, speak, and think like that character so that she could be convincing. Then she gave such a commanding performance of the character that she won an Oscar. She couldn't have won that Oscar if she'd been given some ordinary role such as Tatiana. It's harder to play the unusual characters; that's why the best actors seek these roles out. There's been an entire book written on the King in Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Anyone can coast through Juliet or Tatiana; smaller or non-standard roles are the true test of acting ability.
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i was titania in my play when we preformed that. to tell u the truth, i really liked puck's part a lot better. I say congradualations, and i think you'll get to enjoy the part more as you get into the play
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Although it may not be the greatest part, you should still take it if you want to be in the play. The more plays you go into, the higher chance you have to get a better part in the next play.
-Joce
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Have the talk with the driectors or whoever casts to see if there was a mistake or to understand why you got the part. Maybe after you talk to them you will understand why you are good for the part.
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Hey,
I understand your predicament, because I was in it once too. I auditioned for Romeo and Juliet and was cast as the Prince of Verona (I'm female, and was fifteen at the time, and HATED the thought of it), but I spoke to my teacher and we talked about how we could develop it to suit me more. When the show was finished, about five people who I didn't know told me how awesome my acting was and how I really stole the show. I guess what I'm trying to say is, ENJOY it. Acting is an amazing creative experience, particularly on stage in front of an audience (rather than in front of a camera).
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Tell the teacher, or whoever, that you really want to be in the play but not as puck (5). Try that and if it dosent work, just wait for next time.
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youre gay
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I know it's not the part you wanted, but Puck is a really fun role to play, and a terrific showcase for an actor. (In most of the productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream I've seen or acted in, Puck pretty much stole the show.) And it's not a typical masculine part, at all: it's basically gender-neutral.
Probably they cast you in that role because Puck's monologue is the end of the play, and they need someone who's got a very strong stage presence to wrap it up. It's hard to find actors who are good at monologues and addressing the audience -- if the actor is uninteresting, the play ends on a blah note, and nobody wants that. You're going to be the last thing the audience sees, so make it memorable.
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