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Kasee Clifton Laster Maybe you could play off French folklore? Not my area of expertise, but the trickster Reynard the Fox comes to mind, or the lutin (like a Scottish brownie).

• June Abernathy African folklore contains a lot of trickster characters and trickster stories, and many of those stories were brought over with slaves and retold and re-made in the new world. 
  Or, giving Puck a voodoo slant would be an interesting twist, also in keeping with the New Orleans vibe.

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    Kendra Leonard Just be aware that vodun is still very much a living religion and you don't want to use it as a gimmick or stereotype things in/about it.

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    Ronald Auther Syncretic religions are nothing to toy with. 
    
    They are not something a novice should ever consider delving in for the sake of dramatic action.

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  Jane Windsor-Smith We played it that she/he was the offspring of Oberon and Titania - their are a couple of text references that make this theory fit. But there's so many possible interpretations

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  June Abernathy Many (most?) cultures have some kind of trickster character as part of their folklore. And whether that is a leprechaun or Reynard or Bugs Bunny, they share a lot of similarities. I think Puck is absolutely in that vein.

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  Ronald Auther I would first ask, beyond the location, New Orleans, ... what period in history are you setting said play in, and that should help you with you Puck question. 
  
  New Orleans before the Revolutionary War, or after? …See More

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  Cindy Rankin Couch Regency period when New Orleans was the capital

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    Ronald Auther So we are talking about "The Crescent" into the New Orleans which had more Spanish influence than French?

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    Cindy Rankin Couch Ronald Auther no. The French.

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  Jennifer Low I think you might be inspired by the handling of Puck in the 2018 film version of Midsummer directed by Casey Mott. The setting was also very specific to a state in the US.

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    Cindy Rankin Couch Jennifer Low thanks. I’ll look at it.

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  Paul Collins An Imp....mischevious

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  Danielle Byington Maybe if you give him a cane and dress him like a top-hat 🎩 gentleman, that could avoid cultural appropriation of voodoo. Also, it sounds like the setting alone will carry a great deal of that culture/tone for you. Can you have mausoleums in your set design?

  

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    Cindy Rankin Couch Danielle Byington We thought about that. The kids were excited but the forest part is the swamp. We will have a sunken pirate ship with the bow (front)showing & the mast with a billowing torn sail so we can use it as a scrim as well. Barataria Bay is a fascinating place for the cypress forest

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    Kendra Leonard Danielle Byington you're describing Baron Samedi, an important figure in Haitian and Louisiana vodun.

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