Audition List for “The Tempest”
Pages are from “No Fear Shakespeare” edition
Prospero pg 158
4.1.146 “you do look” to “to still my beating mind”
Prospero/Ariel pg 172
5.1.1-57 “Now does my project” to “I’ll drown my book”
Ariel/Prospero pg 28
1.2.189-250 “All hail, great master” to “to bate me a full year”
Miranda/Ferdinand pg 110
3.1.1-93 “There be some sports” to “till half an hour hence”
Caliban/Prospero pg 40
1.2.315-377 “What, ho! Slave!” to “So, slave, hence!”
Alonso/Prospero pg 182
5.1.131-153 “For you, most wicked sir” to “When did you lose your daughter”
Gonzalo/Alonso/Sebastian/Antonio/Adrian pg 60-66
2.1.1-66 “Beseech you sir, be merry” to “Claribel to the King of Tunis”
Antonio/Sebastian pg 84-88
2.1.226-284 “I have no hope that he’s undrowned” to “O, but one word”
Trinculo/Stephano/Caliban pg 100-106
2.2.80 “Stephano! If thou beest Stephano” to “we’ll fill him by and by again”
Boatswain/Master/Alonso/Antonio/Gonzalo p2
1.1.1-46 “Boatswain!” to “Lay her off”
Iris/Ceres/Juno pg 150
4.1.60-105 “Ceres, most bonteous lady” to “honored in their issue”
Characters who Sing – anyone interested in these roles will be asked to sing something a capella:
Ariel – whatever you like
Trinculo/Stephano/Caliban – just need to sing well enough to do a drunken round. – will be asked to sing “row, row, row your boat” in a round
Juno/Ceres – Greek Goddesses who have a cameo in Act 4 and sing a hymn-like song – will be asked to sing “My Country Tis of Thee” or something simple