Thank you for auditioning for THE EVOLUTION OF MANN ROLE: HENRY

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1 Thank you for auditioning for THE EVOLUTION OF MANN ROLE: Present in the room ill be director, producing team casting For the Initial Appointment please prepare: 1 A brief song in the style of the sho Appropriate to the sho: Alan Menken, Maltby Shire, Stephen Sondheim, Bill Finn, ohn Bucchino, Andre Lippa, Pasek Paul, Ahrens Flaherty, Adam Gon and Craig Carnelia Something that shos range and personality is preferable 2 Side 1 for your character in this packet You may or may not be asked to read, but please have this on hand 3 Be familiar ith the other sides in this packet, ust in case! For the Callback Appointment please prepare: 1 This full packet of sides songs Note: We ve included MP3s of songs on our ebsite Also, there are to key options for Song Cut 2 in this packet please pick the one that best suits you INSTRUCTIONS: Please have your full book of music on hand for both Initial Callback Appointment, in case the team needs to hear something different Also, be sure to bring your picture and resume, otherise e ill not have one in the room! Thanks so much!

2 Scene Six: It s Only a First Date Lights up on, on stage and in character She emotes very dramatically This is overthetop, very bad performance art Ho can e adapt hen e re only zygotes At a cocktail party Simming in a sea of lost connections bos, accepting thunderous applause Lights up on in a neighborhood bar Yep I have to stomach to and half hours of that And to make matters orse, afterards I have to listen to people shoer Gen ith compliments Right! Compliments I m about to make an excuse to leave, hen ho alks in Enter Henry (audience) Tamar Then she said the perfect thing God, that sho SUCKED! Yes! Thank you I mean, I love Gen, and I feel terrible about ragging on her ork Maybe I m ust ealous, I don t kno, but really It as bad, right And everyone loved it They re either pretentious or being nice I sat there thinking ho your Gatsby is going to be so so SO much better No fooling You did Because to tell the truth, this hole thing sort of made me nervous I mean, if this is hat people like 41

3 Not sane people, don t orry Ho d your finale go again (sings passionately, she remembers it) SO WE BEAT ON, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT AND BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST! Wo, you really liked it, huh No I loved it! But you kno, I as thinking You might be able to learn something from Gen Her sho as terrible but it did take risks Is this your thing You blo off guys through a text then criticize their riting Hey, don t producers like things that are edgy So hat I should make Gatsby bisexual Why not Or don t forget multiculturalism! Make Gatsby Hispanic An Hispanic ay Gatsby Why not He s an outsider in the book, right ust think about it OK Anything else Yeah I didn t come here to see a sho about a deranged amoeba I came to see you What ould you say if I told you that hen e ent on our date, I asn t as available as I should have been But that no I am I d say, hy did you go on the date at all 42

4 Good question But then I d say, I kno that I probably shouldn t have, but no I m glad that I did Then I d say, the last thing I need is a rebound Yeah, but here s the thing Technically I m out of rebound mode I didn t tell you but Robert is married Lives in Great Neck Three kids Stupid, huh And Cindy Well, let s ust say I m more of an opposite gender girl Meaning I ouldn t blame you for hating me, Henry, but I really do like you You re funny and seet and creative My shrink says I m ready to be involved ith a nice guy So does my masseuse! Oh, God! I haven t been able to stop thinking about you all eek! (to audience) I cheed on it FOR TWO WHOLE SECONDS! pounces on They make out passionately, ripping off each other s clothes (to audience, as Tamar gropes him) Don t udge me Don t forget Tamar as the one I liked first She s got it all! She s artsy, bohmenian, smart, funny and sexy! Give it a fe days and I ll bet she s also kind, earnest and nurturing! Besides, a guy like me needs a muse Tamar ll push me to be a better riter SHE S MY WIFE! (TRACK SIX: IT S ONLY A FIRST DATE) pulls offstage The lights come up on CHRISTINE CHRISTINE MAYBE YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HIS FAVORITE BAND AT WOODSTOCK, HIS FAVORITE FILM BY HITCHCOCK, THE BOOKS HE S READ, HIS TOUCH IN BED 43

5 Scene Eleven: The Gatsby Sequence A mini stage is heeled on ith a poster reading, The Green Light We are at S reading Hey, everyone I m Henry Mann, the author of this here little reading ust a fe ords before e begin First, this musical of mine,the Green Light, is based on a book you may have heard of: The Great Gatsby In the interest of giving it a modern context, I took some liberties So I m hoping that you ll ust go ith me and I m also hoping that nobody from the Fitzgerald estate is here Anyay, I d like to say a big thanks to my cast and my music director But I really couldn t have pulled this off ithout my coproducer ho did so much of the legork (Henry peers into the audience) Is Tamar out there Uh, Tamar OK, so Tamar s running late, but you can say hi after the sho We ll have some refreshments and a brief talkback I think that s it, except to say that there eren t any cell phones during the Roaring 20s, so please silence yours Thanks (Henry reaches into his pocket and unfolds a piece of paper and reads) And no, ithout further ado, here is the sho that dares to rethink a timeless classic! The sho that brings Cuban elan to West Egg gentility! Meet the first ever Trans Hispanic Gatsby! (TRACK TEN: THE GREEN LIGHT) GATSBY MY PINK SUIT! MY PINK SUIT! THERE S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MY PINK SUIT! GATSBY enters ith a ourish He is dressed in a ild pink suit and sings ith a HEAVY HISPANIC ACCENT DAISY BUCHANAN enters My beautiful Daisy Buchanan! Let me sho you around my home Oh, ay! (Hispanic accent) No, Chay Of course, Chay DAISY GATSBY DAISY 66

6 Scene Telve: MRS MANN I told you, you should ve stuck ith the teacher Thanks, Mom Real helpful right no Lights up on MRS MANN standing over ho is slumped on his sofa MRS MANN No I left the chicken in the kitchen And I changed your sheets Thanks, mom Thanks for stopping by MRS MANN You do kno hat you need, Henry Someone caring MRS MANN gives several kisses on the cheek Duly noted MRS MANN Someone to make sure you get your shirts pressed Got it That your food is arm! Yes MRS MANN MRS MANN That your bed is made It s hat every man ants deep don, isn t it The kind of unconditional love only a mother can provide And I do happen to be available Get out! 69

7 MRS MANN Take a oke, Henry I ust ant you to find a girl ho cares about you as much as I do Thanks, mom But I think that might be impossible (ith a smile) Call the teacher MRS MANN MRS MANN exits as enters What as that about My mother! She ust suggested that I marry her Or someone like her anyay You could do orse Don t you see, Gen Sheila s edding is next eek! I don t have anyone to take! Bring your neice ill She s eight! Hey, listen, I kno you re still torn up over Tamar But good riddance, OK A beret A transhispanic Gatsby You had some good stuff in there but her ideas turned it into a circus You have talent Revise your novel Write more kids poems Start another sho Stick ith it Thanks OK, this is ho it s going to ork You ve been lying here eating Cocca Puffs for a eek Another fe days and you ll be a documentary First, you ill bathe Then you ill shave and put on the clean clothes I laid out on your bed Then e are going out to celebrate 70

8 THERE S NO CHANCE IN HELL THAT HE FEELS WHAT YOU FEEL CAUSE IT S ONLY A FIRST DATE NOTHING MORE Recorded applause fills the theater, oined by and Thank you (indicating that Henry should talk to her) Come on! Oh, no! That song as about us Our date That ust means she likes you, man Go talk to her I never even called her So you messed up Apologize But I got slodance ood, Gen! Slodance ood! That s got to be a rite of passage Forget it She said she as dating someone Boy, are you late to the party That peetered out You think I still have a chance Why do you think I brought you here I alays thought she as the one you should be ith 75

9 We did get along really ell Like someone I could really be ith, you kno I mean, it as easy That s great, Henry But take it from someone ho s been through the pits of hell, relationships aren t alays easy I kno that (TRACK TWELVE: THE UNROMANTIC THINGS) Do you Have you ever really listened to the vos at all those eddings you ent to THERE S STUFF ABOUT LOVE SOME WORDS ABOUT CARING SOME LINES ABOUT SHARING WHILE THE BRIDE DABS HER EYES THEN YOU GO HOME WRITE SOME THANK YOU NOTES FIGHT OVER YOUR REMOTES AND LEARN TO COMPROMISE IT S NOT ALWAYS PRETTY OR ROMANTIC YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT STUFF TOMORROW BRINGS SO YOU FIND WHAT S PRETTY AND ROMANTIC IN THE UNROMANTIC THINGS YOU EAT A LATE MEAL YOU FINALLY WATCH MAD MEN YOU VE GOTTA BE GLAD WHEN YOU CAN GET HER IN THE MOOD YOU WISH FOR MORE TIME TIME TO LIVE, TO BE WILD THEN YOU HAVE A CHILD AND YOU RE REALLY SCREWED IT S NOT ALWAYS PRETTY OR ROMANTIC NO MORE DATES, NO MORE FLINGS SO YOU FIND WHAT S PRETTY AND ROMANTIC 76

10 MANNAND WIFE Score SHE'S MY WIFE [REV 5618] 02 Music and Lyrics by DOUGLAS COHEN Book and Lyrics by DAN ELISH : I ill not under any circumstances imagine our edding, children, or future life together : Henry [MUSIC] Seeping Romantic 4 q = g P : She's my ife! 2 g 3 See ho beau ti ful she 3 is! Ho poised, ho : No! No! Stop it! Stop it! : Henry : What What Oh, Tamar Hello! Great to meet you : You, too I hope you haven't been aiting long : No, no ust got here Took the subay to a subay to a tram to a bus and boom Here I am [GO ON] 4 n n arm, ho it ty n n n n 5 U U U

11 Score 2 02 She's My Wife [REV5618] 6 F n Oh, my ife! 7 She'll live up to ev' ry dream I've ev er 8 9 had! n n n And our 10 ed ding invi ta tions ill be done by Carti er in 11 n n n 12 ten point font n 13 n n We'll poco rit have a salsa band, a pasta bar, chateau briand Honey moon in Maui, then get Hulu on Demand hen n n n n n n 18 a tempo she's my ife 19 A coun try house I'll build for her, ell sup er vise And n n n n n

12 Score 3 02 She's My Wife [REV5618] 22 hat a life 23 First, I'll rav ish her and then re grout our tub n n n n n So hy squand er time in dat ing ith a ustice of the peace off stage ait ing Why de n b n n b n b b n b n n n 30 lay the child ren e can be cre a ting She's my ife My beau ti ful slight pull back 31 n 32 A Tempo, ith movement n n n n 33 n n 3

13 Score 4 02 She's My Wife [REV5618] 34 : Hey, that's great!" : Great Are you insane My novel as reected by ten publishers! : So hat That happens all the time You ust need to find the right editor Your agent says she ants you to revise it, right : Yeah, true ife! n n : So do it You'll get a deal But listen! Your musical on The Great Gatsby is hat you've got to focus on rit n n n : Really I haven't touched it since college I've only ritten four songs : Gatsby is such a massive achievement a tempo n n n : Yes, massive Isn't the language beautiful : I orship Fitzgerald : Me too! I rote this big choral number based on the final line of the book "Boats against the Current" You don't think that's too pretentious, do you : Not at all Sing it : Sing it Here : Yeah (breathy) Sing it : "Oh, Okay" [GO ON] n 50 n n U n u U 51 U U n n n nn n n n n nn n

14 6 Score 13 Keeping My Eye on the Ball [REV 12716] 67 : every Saturday until you sho up and kick my ass! Fifith step: I'm al 68 ready screed A nother friggin' message and my mind's un glued b 69 A A Living out our edding day, Who ill give the bride aay, Thinkinghat tonameourkids, im agining my movie bids n n n n b 75 No! F 76 Ba n by 77 n steps, take it n CHRISTINE: slo n n

15 7 Score 13 Keeping My Eye on the Ball [REV 12716] 82 No f 83 more 84 cat e log ing vir 85 tues, No more ma tur i ty de ferred Love is n cher ishing a per son's quirks, that's n n n n n n n b 94 b 95 part of hy a mar b iage orks The b b n n

16 8 Score 13 Keeping My Eye on the Ball [REV 12716] heart must learn to b have the fin al ord! 100 Keeping my eye on the ball Keeping my eye 101 n 102 on the ball 103 this time 104 n 105 n 106 n 107 n Hit n n n the boards, don't break a seat n n n Move up court, get my n bearings set n 108 n 109 n Loft a n n b shot, Noth ing but n n b net n n

17 6 Score 13 Keeping My Eye on the Ball [REV 12716] 67 : every Saturday until you sho up and kick my ass! Fifith step: I'm al 68 ready screed A nother friggin' message and my bn b b 69 N N 70 mind's un glued Living out our edding day, Who ill give the bride aay, Thinking hat to name our kids, im agining my movie bids n 75 No! F 76 Ba by 77 steps, take it CHRISTINE: slo

18 7 Score 13 Keeping My Eye on the Ball [REV 12716] 82 No f 83 more 84 cat e log ing vir 85 tues, No more ma tur i ty de ferred Love is cher ishing a per son's quirks, that's part of hy a mar n iage orks The n n

19 8 Score 13 Keeping My Eye on the Ball [REV 12716] heart must learn to n have the fin al ord! 100 Keeping my eye on the ball Keeping my eye 101 b 102 on the ball 103 this time 104 b Hit b b the boards, don't b 105 b break a seat b b b 106 b Move up court, get my b 107 b bearings b set 108 b Loft a b b b shot, 109 b Noth ing but b b b 110 net b 111 b