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Cabaret
Audition Packet
Sunday December 6th(Room 14 in St. Marys)
Vocal Auditions from 2-5pm
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Monday December 7th (St. Marys Auditorium)
Callbacks starting at 6:45 pm
Tuesday December 8th
Read Through at 6:45 pm
For the vocal audition, please prepare32 bars of a song that shows off your vocal range. Please bring the sheet music to your audition and clearly label it with your 32 bar cut.The songs should be memorized and an accompanist will be provided. A cappella auditions will not be accepted.
Please choose one of the monologues included in this packet to perform as your acting piece. These do not need to be memorized, but should showcase strong character choices within the context of the show. Accents are not required but can be used if you feel comfortable with them. We would rather you concentrate on the character rather than the dialect at this point.
Please be aware that Cabaret contains mature subject matter throughout the script, and our cast’s comfort with said matter is of utmost importance. The show contains adult language, drug usage, and several somewhat explicit sexual situations. While it is our goaland responsibility to ensure that our entire cast is comfortable in the level of edginess we bring to this show, the production will fall flat without the ability to explore this content to at least some extent. Some of the cast may be expected to appear in revealing clothing in certain scenes. There will be a spot on the audition form where you can notate your level of comfort with these situations.
Please Note: There are multiple versions of Cabaret. We will be performing the 1998 version.
Cabaret Audition Monolgues (Please choose one to read for auditions)
EMCEE
(Opens the show in the Kit Kat Klub)
Ladies and gentlemen, Gutenabend, bon soir, good evening, wiegehts….comment ca va? Do you feel good? I bet you do! I am your host! Leave your troubles outside. So life is disappointing? Forget it! In here, life is beautiful! The girls are beautiful! Even the orchestra is beautiful! Outside it is winter but in here – it is so hot! Every night we have to battle with the girls to keep them from taking off all of their clothing. So don’t go away. Who knows? Tonight – we may lose the battle!
CLIFF
(Cliff is in his room with Sally talking about their life since he’s met her)
But I love those parties. I love this whole town. It’s so tawdry and terrible and everyone’s having such a great time. Like a bunch of kids playing in their room – getting wilder and wilder – and knowing any minute their parents are going to come home. (To Sally) Don’t go. Please don’t go. Maybe - I like you here. I need you. The truth is, Sally – when you’re out all night – I can’t sleep. Our little bed suddenly seems so empty. I never felt this way before about – anyone – anyone at all.
SALLY
(Sally is responding to the fact that Cliff may be bi-sexual and wanting to start a relationship with him)
I think people are people, I really do Cliff. Don’t you? I don’t think they should have to explain anything. For example, if I paint my fingernails green and it happens I do paint them green, well, if someone should ask me why, I say, “I think it’s pretty.” So if anyone should ask about you and me one day, you have two alternatives: you can either say: “Oh yes, it’s true. We’re living in delicious sin.” Or you can simply tell the truth and say “I met this perfectly marvelous girl in this perfectly marvelous place.”
OR
(Sally has just had an abortion and decides not to go with Cliff to America)
Oh darling – you’re such an innocent. Really! My one regret is I honestly believe you’d make a wonderful father. And I think, someday, perhaps you will be. Oh yes, and I’ve another regret: that greedy doctor! I’m going to miss my fur coat. Isn’t it funny - it always ends this way? Even when I do finally love someone quite terribly – for the first time. But it’s still not – quite – enough. I’d spoil it, Cliff. I’d run away with the first exciting thing that came along…or you would.
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER
(Fraulein Schneider returns an engagement gift and explains why she won’t marry Schultz)
All my life I have managed for myself – and it is too old a habit to change. I have battled alone – and I have survived. There was a war – and I survived. There was a revolution – and I survived. There was an inflation – billions of marks for one loaf of bread – and I survived. And if the Nazis come – I will survive. And if the Communists come – I will still be here - renting these rooms. For, in the end, what other choice have I? This - is my world!
SCHULTZ
(Schneider decides she cannot marry Schultz when she realizes the Nazi power is getting stronger. Schultz tries to assure her nothing will happen to them)
Of course - many. And many are Communists – and Socialists – and Social Democrats. So what is it? You wish to wait till the next election and then decide? You will be married to a Jew. But also a German. A German as much as anyone. Fraulein Schneider – it is not always a good thing to settle for the lowest apple on the tree – the one easiest to reach. Climb up a little way. It is worth it! Up there the apples are so much more delicious. I will catch you I promise! I feel so much tenderness for you. It is difficult to express. Are we too old for words like love?
ERNST
(Ernst, a member of the Nazi party, warns Frau Schneider not to marry Schultz, a Jew)
Fraulein Schneider – I must speak with you. You and I are old aquaintances. I have sent you many new lodgers. So let me urge you – think what you are doing. This marriage is not advisable. I cannot put it too strongly. For your own welfare. He is not a German. He was not born here. Good night.
FRAULEIN KOST
(Fraulein Kost, a prostitute living Frau Schneider’s apartment house)
Fraulein Schneider! There is no hot water in the bathroom! The second time this week! (Seeing Cliff) Oh….you have finally rented this room. (To Cliff, change in tone) Fraulein Kost – across the hall. Please stop by. (Pause) Anytime.
Cabaret Audition Form
Name: ______
Year: ______
Gender: ______
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Role(s) You Are Auditioning For: ______
Are You Willing to Accept a Different Role: Yes No
Disclaimer:
Cabaret lends itself to being a very adult and sexual show. Please circle your level of comfort below…
Musical Experience (Private Lessons, Choirs, etc. Please include years involved):
Dance Experience (Dance ensembles, lessons, etc. Please include the years and style of dance studied):
Previous Theater Roles (you can attach a resume if you have one):
Special Talents (Ability to play an instrument, juggle, turn into an elephant, etc.):
Class Schedule:
Conflicts (Please do your best to include everything and anything you can think of, including weekends):
Are you available to come to Boot Camp over part of Winter Break? (February 27th through 6th): YES NO
Would you be able to come to every show (March 8th-12st)? YES NO