AUDITIONMONOLOGUES

Pleaseselecteitheranactingselectionbelow,ORoneofthevocalselectionstosing.Studentsmaymemorize,orbringinthepapertoread(memorizedispreferred!)

Studentsmayreadinanaccentiftheyfeeltheycandososuccessfully.Norolesrequireanaccent,butif

you’dliketotryone,youarewelcometo.Babette:French

CogsworthandMrsPotts:British

BREAKALEG!

Maurice:OhI’llnevergetthisboneheadedcontraptiontowork!Iwashopingtowinfirstprizeattheinventor’sfairtomorrow,butnowIneverwill.Thismachinewasgoingtostartanewlifeforus.Isupposedwe’llgiveitourbestshotandseewhathappens.

Beast:Whoareyou?Isaidwhoareyou?(pause).Iamthemasterofthiscastle.Idonottakeordersfromanyone…(Pause)Youshouldnothavetrespassedhere.Getoutandneverreturn!

Gaston:Bonjour,Belle.Offsosoon?(pause).Belle,it’sabouttimeyougotyourheadoutofthosebooksandfocusonmoreimportantthings…likeme.Everygirlintownwantsmyattention,andyou’reinluckbecauseI’vegotmysightssetonyou.

Cogsworth:IamCogsworth,headofthehousehold.AndthisisLumiere.Ifthereisanythingwecandotomakeyourstaymorecomfortable,anythingatall…exceptonething.Dinner.(totheothers).Youheardthemaster.Shedineswithhimorshestarves.(pause).Oh,fine.Glassofwaterandcrustofbread…butthat’sit!

Mrs.Potts:Trytobepatient,sir.Thegirlhaslostherfatherandherfreedomallinoneday.Thesethingstaketime.Master,youmusthelphertoseethatyouarekind.Youcouldstartbymakingyourselfmorepresentable.Begentle.Showerherwithcompliments.Butbesincere.Andaboveall-youmustcontrolyourtemper!

Babette:Iwassoscared!Themasterwassoangry!Ineededsomeonelikeyoutoprotectme.Imagineifthegirldoesbreakthespell.Wecanreturntoouroldselves.Iwillbebeautifulagain,andnotmadeofthesefeathersandfluff.Achoo!!