In keeping with the mash-up of style and genre that defines Head Over Heels, Musidorus is both a typical character of a traditional theatrical style, as well as a completely modern exploration of identity. Head Over Heels is based on 'Arcadia', a prose pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sydney written at the end of the 16th century. In stories and plays of the Elizabethan era (including stuff from that Shakespeare dude), there were definitely well-worn character and story tropes,

As a community theatre director two weeks away from auditions, there is a significant level of anxiety about how casting will turn out. Before a single hour of rehearsals have been logged, the production team and I will make decisions that have a huge effect on the show, and maybe even on how successful it will be. There are two casting decisions in this show that particularly make me nervous, and the first is the one we've tossed front and center on last week's audition remi