BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AUDITIONS

[Julianne Keaton]

PLOT

After a handsome but conceited prince treats a beggar woman poorly, the woman turns out to be a beautiful enchantress and turns the prince into a beast. Further, the prince's staff is all transformed into objects to do with their profession. The prince is given a magical mirror to view the outside world. To break the spell, he needs to learn to love a person for who they are, and get her to love him before a magical rose loses its petals. Meanwhile in a nearby village, a beautiful young bookworm (Belle) feels lonely and out of place. She lives with her eccentric but kind father, Maurice. Soon, Maurice goes off to compete at an inventors' fair but gets lost in the woods and ends up a prisoner at the beast's castle. Belle eventually finds the castle and makes a deal with the beast to let her father go in return for her staying there with the beast. As the beast's inner kindness slowly reveals itself, Belle grows to be in love with him. However, a jilted, self-centered and overly-masculine suitor from Belle's village, Gaston, takes a posse to 'save' her from the beast. Gaston ends up stabbing the best. Luckily, when Belle rushes to the beast and expresses her love for him, he comes back to life again as a handsome prince.

MAIN CHARACTERS

Belle (Protagonist)
Beast (Protagonist)


SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

Gaston (Antagonist)
Lumiere (Candle Stick)
Cogsworth (Clock)
Maurice (Father)
Mrs. Potts (Tea Pot)
Babette (Feather Duster)
Madame de la Grande Bouche (Wardrobe)
Chip (Tea Cup)
Lefou (Gaston's sidekick)
Monsieur D'Arque (Asylum owner)



OTHER CHARACTERS

Narrator
Townspeople
Other Furniture
Silly Girls
Enchantress

[b]Character Name:[/b]
[b]Part Desired:[/b]
[b]Second Choice:[/b]
[b]AUDITION:[/b]
(your audition must be at least three paragraphs and must be very descriptive. your character must introduce themselves to the judges/supervisors, tell what part they desire, and what they will be auditioning with. it could a monologue, song or both but neither need to be from the play itself.)

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[Brianna Ashley James]

Character Name:Brianna Jones
Part Desired:Belle
Second Choice:Mrs. Potts
AUDITION:
Brianna walked into the theater looking very professional. She really wanted to ace this audition. She handed each of the judges her portfolio and her contact information. She walked up on stage, quietly. 14 years as a cheerleader and she still got really nervous in front of the judges. You could never really tell what they were thinking. Brianna cleared her throut. At least being a cheerleader allowed her to have a voice. "Hello and good morning. My name is Brianna Jones and I'm additioning for the part of Belle." Brianna kept her voice loud,but not too loud, and clear. She smiled at them respectfully.

"For my audition I would like to sing a song. The song that I'm going to sing for you today is from the Disney movie Mulan called 'Reflection'" Brianna picked this particular song because she felt that it really let her hit the notes just perfectly. Brianna swallowed hard. She said a small quick prayer to herself. Brianna took a deep breath and let herself start to sing.

"Look at me
You may think you see who I really am
But you'll never know me
Ev'ry day
It's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

I am now
In a world where I have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

There's a heart that must be free to fly
That burns with a need to know the reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think
How we feel
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?

I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else
For all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?"

When Brianna was done, she took a deep breath. Her voice was almost perfect. Her voice quivered a few time sbut not to the point where it sounded bad. It sounded really good. Brianna didnt want to brag, but she just might have been American Idol material. Brianna couldnt help smiling to herself. It took her a few minutes to actually calm down. She always got a rush after she was done singing it was something that she was actually really passionate about.

She smiled down at the judges once more. They seemed to be nodded and talking amongst themselves. Brianna was hopeing that they were saying good things about her. She figured she had best leave before she got too late and was just standing there like a bump on a log. "I would like to thank you all for your time. If you need me to audition again with a acting piece, please feel free to contact me anytime." Brianna gave a respectful bow and left

[Chloe Madison]

Character Name: Chloe Madison
Part Desired: Babette
Second Choice: Belle, Mrs. Potts, Silly Girls
AUDITION:

Chloe made sure to get herself nice and dolled up for her audition. earlier that morning, she had eaten a very good and healthy breakfast that her mother had cooked up for her greek style and she had also made sure to drink a lot of water before she knew she had to get ready for the auditions.

She was sitting in the auditorium hall with a bunch of other students, waiting for her name to be called. Once she heard her name, she popped off of the floor and into the auditorium with her portfolio in hand. Because she had done Mamma Mia on Broadway she was sure that she was to get some sort of part in this play. She desperately wanted Babette, the cute little feather duster that flirts with Lumiere, but she would be happy with anything they gave her.

As she walked by the judges, she placed her portfolio down in front of one of them and made her over and up the side stairs and up onto the stage. A few of them glanced at her portfolio together as the head judge, seated in the middle of them all, looked up at Chloe, signaling her to start. She cleared her throat lightly before speaking. "Good morning. My name is Chloe Madison and I will be trying out for the part of Babette," she told them with confidence in her voice, not cockiness just confidence.

She looked to the pianist whom she had been practicing with for the past week or so before looking back to the judges with a smile. "The selection I have chosen is a monologue song sung by Elphaba from the musical Wicked," she stated as the pianist gave her her starting note. She took a deep breath and nodded to the pianist to start the music. When she heard the right amount of music and beats for her to start singing the song, she did.

When I meet the Wizard
Once I prove my worth
And then I meet the Wizard
What I've waited for since: since birth!
And with all his Wizard wisdom
By my looks, he won't be blinded
Do you think the Wizard is dumb?
Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded?
No! He'll say to me,
"I see who you truly are -
A girl on whom I can rely!"
And that's how we'll begin
The Wizard and I

She paused and let the pianist play through. She concentrated her breathing as she got ready to sing the next verse.

Once I'm with the Wizard
My whole life will change
'Cuz once you're with the Wizard
No one thinks you're strange!
No father is not proud of you,
No sister acts ashamed
And all of Oz has to love you
When by the Wizard you're acclaimed
And this gift - or this curse -
I have inside
Maybe at last, I'll know why
When we are hand and hand -
The Wizard and I!

As the music slowed down, Chloe let her acting skills come into the play for the next part since it was half spoken and half sung.

And one day, he'll say to me, "Elphaba,
A girl who is so superior
Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside
Have a matching exterior?
And since folks here to an absurd degree
Seem fixated on your verdigris
Would it be all right by you
If I de-greenify you?"

And though of course
That's not important to me
"All right, why not?" I'll reply
Oh, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and I
Yes, what a pair we'll be
The Wizard and...

As the music got softer, so did Chloe's voice as she made to sing the second to last part of the song.

Unlimited
My future is unlimited
And I've just had a vision
Almost like a prophecy
I know - it sounds truly crazy
And true, the vision's hazy
But I swear, someday there'll be
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with me!

She held out the word "me" making a few nice up and down movements with her voice that blended nicely with the key. She let her voice get louder and stronger for the next part as it was the big crescendo of the music towards the end of the song.

And I'll stand there with the Wizard
Feeling things I've never felt
And though I'd never show it
I'll be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life
And I'll want nothing else
Till I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For half of Oz's fav'rite team:
The Wizard
And I!

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After holding out the last note for a good amount of time, she ended the song and smiled at the pianist and mouthed the words thank you as she let herself look back to the judges. All heads were down and scribbling so she waited for one of them to look up at her and thank her. When one of them finally did, she smiled and bowed her head. "Thank you for your time," she said as she turned and walked off the stage, hoping that she would get the part she wanted in the play of Beauty and the Beast.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]