We want your audition for the ACU Theatre Department to be the best it can be! Here are some tips and tricks for an amazing audition.
Choosing Material:
- Choose monologues that reflect your age.
- Try not to choose monologues we've heard many times before. For example, "To be or not to be" is not the best choice. Here's a list of frequently performed monologues and songs:
A…My Name is
A…My Name is Still Alice – bridal registry speech
Baby with the Bathwater – Daisy’s speech about being a baby
Blue Window – falling off the balcony
Boy’s Life – “No one should need anyone that much…”
Camelot – Guenivere’s speech about running naked in the palace
Dinner with Friends – various
End of the World – father with baby at the window
The Fantasticks – Luisa’s monologue
The Food Chain – anything
A Girl’s guide to Chaos – variations of the “dating” monologue
The Glass Menagerie – Tom’s “you think I like the warehouse?”
I Hate Hamlet – the “to be or not to be” speech
It Had to be You – opening monologue
Jack & Jill – “nice”
Lakeboat – (Mamet) the jock who always wanted to dance
Laughing Wild – tuna fish monologue; Cary Grant monologue
Little Footsteps – the sperm monologue
Lone Star – the
Long Day’s Journey into Night – Edmund’s speeches
Marriage of Bette and Boo – Fr. Donnelly
‘Nuts – “what went wrong, mama?”
PS, Your Cat is Dead – auditioning for the commercial
Passion Fish – “I didn’t ask for the anal probe”
Picasso at the Lapin Agile – woman getting swept away
Sleeping Beauty – “this womb is closing in three months…” or “the hair on the back of Ricky Lardner’s neck”
Spike Heels – Teresa Rebeck’s car monologue
Star Spangled Girl – “Mr. Cornell” speech
Suburbia – strip monologue
Waiting for the Parade – going away “one piece at a time”
Wit – various
Songs
Annie – “Tomorrow”
Anyone Can Whistle – title song
Candide – “Glitter and be Gay”
Carousel – “Soliloquy” & “When I Marry Mr. Snow”
Chess – “Anthem” & “Someone Else’s Story”
Children of
City of Angels – “You Can Always Count on Me”
Company – “Being Alive”
The Enchantress – “Art is Calling for Me”
Fantasticks – “Much More”
Fiddler on the Roof – “Rich Man”
…Forum – “That’ll Show Him” (it always sounds flat)
Funny Girl – “I’m the Greatest Star”
Grease – “Worse things I could Do”
Guys & Dolls – “Jet’s Song”; “
Gypsy – “All I Need is the Girl”
Jekyll & Hyde – “This is the Moment”
Les Miserables – “On My Own”; “I Dreamed a Dream”; “Empty Chairs”
Little Mermaid – “Part of Your World”
Lucky Stiff – “Times Like These”
Miss Saigon – “Why, God, Why”
My Fair Lady – “On the Street Where You Live”; “I Could Have Danced All Night”
Night Music – “Clown”
Once on this
Ragtime – “Daddy’s Son”, “Wheels of a Dream”
Rent – “Take Me or Leave Me”
Seesaw – “Nobody does it Like Me”
She Loves Me – “She Loves Me”; and “Vanilla Ice Cream”
Showboat – “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man”, “
Sophisticated Lady – “Hit Me With a Hot Note”
Titanic (the movie) – “My Heart Will Go On”
- For auditions, it's best not to use accents. We want to hear your own voice!
- Most importantly, choose material that you love and are comfortable with.
At the Audition:
- Be professional in your attire.
- Be confident! Smile!
- When you are given your cold reading, try to look up from the paper as much as you can. Seeing your face is more important than getting all the words exactly right.
Remember, we are on your side. We want you to succeed!
