The duke of Athens and Hippolyta's husband to be

An Amazonian queen who Theseus conquered during battle and has claimed as his future wife

Hermia's father who demands that she marry Demetrius or face dire consequences

Egeus' headstrong daughter who is in love with Lysander

A young Athenian man in love with Hermia

A young Athenian man who has a complicated history as Helena's former lover (but with his eyes now set on Hermia)

A childhood friend of Hermia and still obsessed with her old flame, Demetrius

An exuberant weaver who has a lead role in Quince's play and gets unknowingly caught up in Oberon's hijinks

A carpenter who becomes the director and playwright for a script he's prepared for the royals

King of the Fairies and the mastermind behind the love swapping

Queen of the Fairies who spends an otherworldly night in love with a donkey as payback for opposing Oberon's wishes

(Alias Robin Goodfellow) a righthand man to Oberon and prankster directly involved in the romantic shenanigans