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1 Auditions for this year s Spring Musical, Beauty and The Beast will take place on in the auditorium starting at 2:15 Tuesday January 3, Traditionally we are done with auditions around 4, but we will go for as long as needed. Sign-up for a time slot outside of B134. Before deciding to audition, you should be aware of the expectations that go with being part of the cast. You are expected to attend all rehearsals that you are scheduled to rehearse. You are also responsible for learning your part. You should not wait until the last minute to learn lines as it does not allow the show to mature the way it is designed to. Please see the audition requirements below. In this packet is a synopsis of the show and character lists to help you in your preparation for auditions. Call Backs will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2017 Audition Requirements: Perform one of the given monologues. Sing the appropriate song There may be group movement All girls will sing the following: All boys will sing the following: Home If I Can t Love Her All audition recordings can be found in the Spring Musical Google Classroom. The join code is z4svt6 The classroom can be found at All Recordings and material are also available at Character Descriptions are also available.

2 Audition Monologues: You may choose only one. Pick one of the following monologues and be prepared to perform it with character and expression at auditions. It does not have to be memorized, but it is suggested and can help your performance. BELLE: Hello? Is anyone here? Please, I am looking for my father. Papa, who has done this to you? Your hands are like ice! We have to get you out of here. I won t leave you here! (senses the BEAST) Who s there? I know someone s there. Who are you? Then, you re the one who s responsible for this! Release my father at once! No! Wait! Forgive me! Please let me out. Can t you see he s not well? But, he s an old man. He could die! Please I ll do anything. Wait, please..take me instead! If I take his place, will you let him go? Wait! Come into the light. (Belle sees him and reacts) You have my word. I will stay. Wait! No, don t take him away, not yet! Papa!...You didn t let me say goodbye! I ll never see him again.. And I didn t get to say good-bye. GASTON: (To Belle, handing her flowers) Belle! Oh, Belle...anyone home? Hellloooo!!! I m just full of surprises. for you.mademoiselle. Don t mention it. You know, Belle there isn t a giril in town who wouldn t love to be in your shoes. This is the day your dreams come true! I know all about them. Picture this. A rustic hunting lodge. My latest kill roasting on the fire. My little wife massaging my feet while the strapping boys play on the floor with the dogs. Oh, we ll have six or seven. Boys, not dogs. So Belle, what ll it be? Is it yes or is it oh, yes? (Belle leaves) That Belle, always playing hard to get. She turned me down for now, but I ll have Belle for my wife. Make no mistake about that!

3 MRS. POTTS Well, what would you have us do? Give up? I can t give up until I hear the sound of my boy s laughter as he runs through these halls again! I like this girl. I like her spunk. I think that may be the first time I ve ever heard him use that word. You see! She s already starting to have a good influence on him. (Belle pokes her head out of her room.) Oh, there you are dearie. Glad to see you out and about. I hope the Master didn t frighten you too much. He can be a little temperamental...if there is anything we can do to make your stay more comfortable, let me know! Cogsworth, the lady needs some nourishment!...(to Cogsworth) Oh, pish tosh!, I m not about to le the poor child go hungry! LUMIERE-Cogsworth! The girl! She s gone! I swear my eyes never left the..enchantee, mademoiselle. (Kisses Belle s hand) Cogsworth! I am surprised at you. She s not a prisoner, she s our guest! We must make her feel welcome here!..of course..of course! But what is dinner without a little music? Ma chere, Mademoiselle it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair, as the Dining Room proudly presents...your dinner! SILLY GIRL It can t be true! I don t believe it. Why would you go and do a thing like that? I can t bear it! I simply can t beat it! Oh, Gaston, say it isn t so! (Crying) MAURICE-I m fine. But I can t for the life of me figure out why that happened? If that isn't the stubbornest piece of.(kicks it) I m about ready to give up on this hunk of junk! I mean it this time! I ll never get this bone -headed contraption to work! Well, we d better cracking. This thing s not going to fix itself. Now let me see, where did I put that dog-legged clencher?

4 NARRATOR: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everytihing his hear desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter s night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter form the bitter cold. Repulsed b her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away. But she warned him, not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty in found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman s ugliness melted away to reveal, a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart. And a punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his 21st year. If he could learn to love another, earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast? LEFOU: (To Gaston) You didn t miss a shot, Gaston. You re the greatest hunter in the whole world. No beast alive stand a chance against you! And no girl for that matter. You ve got your sights set on the inventor s daughter? Of course, you deserve the best. That crazy old fool. He needs all the help he can get. You want me to go into the woods and bring back the biggest dear I can find???? Not the woods! Anything but the woods! You know I hate the woods. It s dark and spooky, and there s bugs and spiders! (Gaston carries Lefou off)

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