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Question: High school play auditions ideas!? !?
I'm trying out for my high school's play of "Honk Jr!." which is a children's musical about the story of the Ugly Duckling

For the audition, i need one monolouge and one song!.
Being a male, I would like the part of either the lead (the pathetic Ugly Duckling) or the Cat (the sterotype villian)

Im thinking for the monlouge a charlie brown one to sound kinda pathetic!.!.but im open to other ideas

for the musical number i'm not sure!. i would perfer an evil-themed song from a children's play to prove that i am able to do both of the parts i want

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I would flip that!. You don't want to do a "poor me" monologue - it makes you look weak, there's no challenge in playing a weak character!. I think Charlie Brown is an EXCELLENT choice for a song, though - there's a lot of great stuff for guys in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"!. Now, for the monologue, you can show the flip side!. Pick a fun villain!. Consider this one, from Dwayne Hartford's The Imaginators:
Ha ha! My global freezing machine has turned the whole world into a giant snowball! My time has come at last! I am Dr!. Icicle!. I am now the ruler of the entire Earth!. My team of killer polar bears will make sure that no one dare challenge my authority!. The world is mine, all mine! Uh-oh!. Oh no! Something has gone wrong with my global freezing machine!. It's getting warmer! I'm melting! My evil plans for worldwide winter have failed!. Ah! Goodbye, cruel world! I shall be back! You haven't seen the last of me!. Dr!. Icicle will return!
(This is the opening of the play!. Tim is an eight-year-old boy pretending in a box in his garage, but you could play it otherwise!.)

Or, for something similar and a bit older, you have Tropico, from Mermaid in Miami:
You there! Yes you!. Little human in your stupid little boat and your funny little yellow hat and raincoat that makes you look like a rubber ducky!. Why are you standing up!? You should be kneeling down!. Do you know who I am, you little oxygen-inhaling freak!? Anytime you stick your head in the water, you are in my kingdom!. I am Emperor Tropico, ruler of all the seas!. The dreaded sharks cower in my presence!. the monstrous squid looks at my and cries like a little girl!. I am seeking two mermaid who have tried to escape!. Can you imagine that!? The most glorious empire under the sea!. A watery utopia where everyone is without worry, everyone at peace, everyone hard at work doing exactly what they are supposed to do!. Everyone is happy!. And why!? Because everyone does exactly what I say!.
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charlie brown sounds good don't have one for the cat!. be sure you are energetic, positive and enthusiastic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com