If you are interested in only a speaking role please prepare a scene from the attached packet
If you are interested in a speaking and singing role please prepare a scene and a song from the attached packet
If you are interested in being part of the chorus but do not want to speak or sing individually, please be prepared to sing or act in a group at auditions.
SONG CHOICE
If you are a boy or a girl please be prepared to sing “ A Whole New World” and “A Friend Like Me”
Music can be obtained at broadwayjr.com or by bringing in your permission slip to Mrs. Bowden to get a CD
SCENE CHOICE
Please pick one of the attached scenes.
Please know who you are reading with before the audition.
Script: Aladdin/Jasmine
JASMINE
I don't understand. Why would anybody steal a
loaf of bread?
ALADDIN
Gee, I dunno. Acute hunger pangs? Lightness of
head? Rude growling noises from the stomach? All of the above.
JASMINE
Hunger pangs? What's that?
ALADDIN
You're not from around here, are you?
JASMINE
Of course I'm from around here!
ALADDIN
Nah. You're too nice. And too scared.
JASMINE
Well, sure I'm scared. Those people chasing us were so angry!
ALADDIN
That's Agrabah: hungry and angry. But when you're trapped here,
you get used to it.
JASMINE
Believe me, you're not trapped. You're free to go anywhere you
want. Do anything
you want.
ALADDIN
Tell me the truth. This is your first time in the marketplace,
isn't it?
JASMINE
Well my first time in this particular marketplace.
ALADDIN
It's the only marketplace we have.
JASMINE
Oops.(ALADDIN and JASMINE laugh.)
ALADDIN
So you don't wanna tell me where you're from. Fine. But I bet
wherever it is, it's -- well, it's gotta be --
JASMINE
Boring?
ALADDIN
Beautiful….Wow! The Palace looks amazing from here, doesn't it?
JASMINE
(bored)
Oh, yes, it's wonderful. Always perfectly wonderful.
SIDE 2 Aladdin/Genie
ALADDIN
But I do like Jasmine. I mean, "The Princess!" Ugh! I
must've sounded so stupid! Then again, what does it matter? I'm never gonna see
her again. Me, the "street rat"! (beat)
Besides, she deserves a prince. Or at least someone better than me. Oh why did I ever meet her?(beat)
Boy, I'm glad I met her!
(ALADDIN collapses to a sitting position. For the first time, he
takes notice of all the objects around him.)
Look at all this junk! I bet no one's been in here for years.
(A small lamp catches ALADDIN's eye. He picks it up.)
Something's written on this thing. Let's see here...
(ALADDIN rubs the lamp with his sleeve. Lights flicker. Smoke
fills the air. Lights snap to black. When lights are restored, a GENIE stands
before ALADDIN.)
GENIE
Oy! Ten thousand years in a tin can'll give you such a crick in the neck!
(cracks his neck)
Okay, that's better!
Now then, "Your wish is my command," yadda yadda, you know the drill,
so shoot...
(ALADDIN is too astonished to speak. He looks from GENIE to the
Lamp and back to GENIE.)
C'mon, kid, what's it gonna be? Cash, camels, Casbahs? You must want
something...
(GENIE claps his hands in ALADDIN's face.)
Hey! What's you say your name was?
ALADDIN
(wary
Aladdin.
GENIE
"Aladdin." He speaks! Okay! This is gonna be a snap!
May I call you "Al>" You know, Al, you're a lot smaller than my
last master. Either that, or I'm getting bigger. Do these harem pants make me
look fat?
ALADDIN
(amazed)
Wait a minute - I'm your "master>"
GENIE
Hello? "Direct from the lamp?" It's the Genie with the light brown
hair!
ALADDIN
You mean I, like, get to make a wish and everything?
GENIE
Yeah, Al, like three wishes!
SIDE 2 Iago/Razoul/Jafar
IAGO
There's something
funny about that guy.
JAFAR
Agreed. Keep your
eyes on this "Prince Ali."
RAZOUL
Hey Boss, that boy
we found with Princess Jasmine? The boy from the marketplace?
IAGO
The boy from the
marketplace?
JAFAR
Yes, yes, what
about him?
RAZOUL
He's escaped?
JAFAR
How exactly does a
boy "escape" from a dungeon, Captain?
RAZOUL
Um, well, Boss --
he wasn't exactly in a dungeon ...
JAFAR
I'm waiting.
RAZOUL
The dungeons were
all full, so I thought
it would be best to put him in your cave.
IAGO
The cave with all
your treasures!
JAFAR
He's in my cave? With all my treasures?
RAZOUL
"Treasures?"
Nuh-uh, boss - that cave with all the old junk.
JAFAR
Idiot! Those are
precious items I've been stealing - I mean "collecting" - throughout
my long career in public service. That filthy urchin could have stolen a
fortune! Razoul! Why are you standing there?
Go and find that boy! And this time
bring him tome.
RAZOUL
Right away, Boss!
Right away!(RAZOUL exits.)
JAFAR
That fool! There's
no telling where that
street rat is by now! He could be anywhere, passing himself off as a sheik, or
a maharajah
IAGO
Or a prince.
JAFAR
"Prince
Ali!" Of course!
IAGO
"Thank you, Iago. That was brilliant!" Aw, shucks, Boss, just doin' my job.
JAFAR
The insolence! The
gall of him! Right here under our noses, taunting us! But we'll have the last
laugh!
IAGO
Or maybe not.
JAFAR
Why
"not"?
IAGO
The guy with the
earring.
JAFAR
Who? His musical
sidekick? A thoroughly ridiculous person!
IAGO
But powerful.
JAFAR
In what way
"powerful?"
IAGO
Ten to one, he's
behind that carpet trick.
JAFAR
Because you suspect
he's what exactly? A wizard?
IAGO
Better than that.
JAFAR
A sorcerer?
IAGO
Better than that.
JAFAR
What is this?
"Three questions"?
IAGO
Nope. Three wishes.
JAFAR
A genie!
IAGO
Bingo. JAFAR A genie, of courses!
