MONOLOGUE SCRIPTS
Please note if there is NOT a script for a character you are interested in auditioning please select the monologue you like the most and present this.
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Information for Boys only:
After your reading you will be asked to do an improvised performance based on the character you wish to audition for.
Information for Girls only:
Present your monologue with as much characterisation as possible. Incorporate movement and other dramatic or circus elements to polish your performance as much as possible (get creative!).
1.
PETE 1:
That was the night Jack Bertolucci’s Circus lost their big top. On the same night my mother lost her power of speech. We all thought it was the end. The storm had washed away half the foreshore, blown off roofs, smashed windows and cut off the coastal road. They say a butterfly flapping its wings in China can cause a storm in Brazil. The effect of this storm was like an eruption or a nuclear explosion. It changed everybody’s lives including mine. The circus was a sorry sight as they moved inland abandoning their usual route. (Clowns and circus folk move about.) They camped in a dusty park in an inland town. My town.
2.
EDITOR:
(On the phone) What's that, Supermarket... Accident...Mrs Smith collided with a trolley, slipped on jam and broke her what? Right we'll get someone down there. (Picks up another phone) What? Circus, storm...Yes yes...New big top. Yes...Terrible tragedy...Yes yes, got it. (Calling out as she slams the phone down.) Pete! Crisis!.....Cathy. No I can't talk now. I won't forget your tonic. Yes I love you too. (Kisses into the telephone. Slams it down) Pete, we're doing a piece on Jack Bertolucci’s circus, a human interest story, the romance of their lives, triumphs and struggles, but with young Sanderson sick, there’s no one to do the photos. Do you think you could do it?
3.
PETE 2:
So this was the break I’d been waiting for. Funny isn’t it. I’ve never liked circuses. For one thing I’m afraid of heights. When I was about eight, I was taken to the circus. They had competitions, you know, the boy with the strongest muscles and the girl with the longest legs. I was chosen as the fattest boy. A clown came racing up, scared me out of my wits, grabbed me and I was paraded around the ring on the elephant. They didn’t say fattest boy, they said chubbiest or roundest or some other word, but I knew what they meant. I hated circuses after that and for some time I didn’t like elephants. I didn’t stop to think that the elephants were made to look as silly as I felt, standing on their hind legs or balancing on pedestals. I couldn’t stop thinking about my aunt. I had this feeling, that if I could find her, my mother would regain her power of speech. But where would I start looking, for The Crimson Firefly?
4.
JACK:
Boy, I don’t know what you think you were doing, riding your scooter in this area. Who are you anyway? Listen don’t get any romantic ideas about circuses. We’re hardworking people, that’s all. We respect each other and we don’t ask questions about where people came from, as long as they do their job. We’ll be glad of the publicity. It’s hard times for everybody. We’ve had our share of bad luck, losing the big top. Someone has donated a new one, so you see our luck is changing.). If you’re feeling alright, I’ll take you to see a rehearsal….
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CHAOS:
Boss, can I have a word with you? I don’t mind sharing my food with him. He can look after our props and I’ll train him to do some tricks. If he’s any good he can become an apprentice. Put him on trial and I’ll be responsible for him. I know what it’s like to be in his position, nowhere to go. Your father gave me my break…..
You’ve got to keep the balance Fingers, no keep your chin up. Better, better, that’s it. Keep it easy. (Fingers drops the hoop.) OK, come over here. (Fingers goes over to him.) Remember clowns hang in spaces. Watch. (He balances the hoop on his chin.) If you drop it, you do something with it. Use your foot or whatever. (He drops the hoop and catches it on his foot.) Improvise. Be ready for the unpredictable. Catch the moment.
6.
LADRONE:
(Talking to Franco) Here is the photograph. Do not delay. I will await word from you. Franco, there is something I must ask you to do. I have had bad dreams. Bad dreams they say come from a troubled soul. If anything should happen to me...You are a good man Franco. I trust you above all others. If anything should happen to me, go to my bank in Switzerland. I have a secret account there. Give them this letter and they will know what to do. I will also give you the password.