Auditions for Peter Pan, Jr. —June 25, 5:30 PM To prepare for the auditions.
Memorize a monologue for a character of your choice. Monologues are attached.
Memorize and be prepared to sing the “The Second Star to the Right” with accompaniment. Printed music and MP3 files of vocals and accompaniment are attached.
Please fill out and bring the attached Registration & Conflict Form. Be sure to check your calendars for conflicts and include them on the form.
Characters
Peter Pan (the boy that wouldn’t grow up)
Tink, do you see my shadow? – It’s gotta be somewhere here. Hmmm.
(Tinker Bell finds the shodow in the drawer and jingles to let Peter know. Peter ignores her as he looks under beds and all around, even moving John and Michael’s legs and arms in his quest to find the shadow.)
You know, you used to be better at finding stuff like this. You used to be able to find a Lost Boy in no time!
Tink, why are you chattering so much! -- I found it! I knew I’d find it quicker than you! Look how amazing my shadow is! Now I just need to attach it back. Get me some soap!
(Pause – to Wendy)
Girls talk a lot. First of all, your nanny is a dog, so that’s weird. And second, she attacked me while I was floating outside and grabbed by shadow! I come every night to listen to your stories. I like ‘em.. I tell ‘em to the Lost Boys. But I forget some of the details.
Tinker Bell (Peter Pan’s fairy and the narrator of the story)
Hi everyone! I’m Tinker Bell. Before we get started……. Can you understand what I’m saying? --- Good. “Cause most humans just hear bells when I talk. This is the story of Peter Pan and a girl named Wendy who believed in him. It begins in the Darling family nursery…
It can be incredibly frustrating trying to communicate with Peter when he gets distracted!
There’s one more thing you should know. Althought yuou see me as a normal-sized girl, I’m really just a two-inch-tall fairy… which is why my voice sounds like bells to most humans!
Now, I really shouldn’t have pulled Wendy’s hair, but she was going to tell Peter more stories about himself! Peter Pan is an excellent boy, but he can be very conceited!
The Fairies (Iridessa, Silvermist, Rosetta, Fawn, Lyria, Vidia)
Why didn’t you call sooner? Tink, why did you tell Hook where Peter Pan was hiding? And since when does a Fairy get jealous of a human?!? Are you just a little overeager sometimes – maybe we should discuss how you can avoid situations like this in the future? You were jealous of Wendy because you want to be the best at everything, but you have your talents too, okay?
Wendy (the eldest Darling child and a gifted storyteller)
Oh, Peter – I’m so unhapy. I have to grow up tomorrow and be a proper lady. Tomorrow I’m leaving the nursery – which means no more stories. – I can’t go to Never Land with you Peter. --What wouldmy mom say? – What’s a mom? Someone who loves you and tells you stories - Wake up John and Michael. Peter Pan is going to take us to Never Land! --- But how will we get there?
(Pause)
No, mom. The Lost Boys weren’t ready. That’s why they went back to Never Land… They weren’t ready to grow up. But I am.
Oh, but Dad, it was amazing! Tinker Bell and the mermaids and Peter Pan calling Hook a codfish! And we were kidnapped, but I knew Peter Pan would save us, even if he is conceited. Then we sailed home on aship through the sky! And mom, they are more than stories. I really flew!
Michael and John (Michael is the youngest and John is the middle Darling child)
Look, Wendy, there’s the Mermaids’ Lagoon! There’s Skull Rock!! And there’s Captain Hook and the Pirates, shooting cannons. I wonder what they’re shooting at?
(Pause)
So you’re the Lost Boys? How did you get lost? Why are there no Lost Girls? And why are you dressed like that? Against the indians? Why are you at war with them? We should march? This feels kinda silly. But I kinda like it.
(Pause)
We want to hear stories about Peter Pan. Mom! Tell us a story of Pan! … Moms tell stories. Wendy, you tell us stories. You must be our mother! We have a real mother at home? Does she have silky ears and wear a fur coat? Can you tell me about our mother? I don’t remember yet! Tell me more! I wanna see my mother! --- Wendy is absolutely right! I propose we leave for home at once!
Mr. Darling (father of Wendy, Michael and John)
Michael, how dare you call your father a old bilge rat! Oh, not me. Yes fine, now where are my shirt and cufflinks? Nana – do you know? I need to look at the treasure map the boys made to find it? Ok. Let’s see if I follow the line here… to the dotted line here… to the “x” marks the -
(lifts up the map, which turns out to be drawn on his shirt) Oh no. Oh no, oh no, my shirt! This was my last clean shirt! You are pirates!
Wendy, what kind of stories are you putting into these boys’ heads?! (gets cufflinks from Nana) Thank you – ugh! They’re all slobbery! Wendy, why were these cufflinks under the bed?
That’s where Peter Pan hid the pirates’ treasure!? You and your ridiculous stories! Captain Crook. Peter Pirate. Pan – pirate – poppycock!
(imitating Mrs. Darling) “Now, George. Now, George!” (his own voice) Now, George will have his say! Wendy, this is your last night sleeping in this room! You need to be a proper lady! You can’t rough-house with your brothers, and you can’t stuff their heads with silly stories. We will have some dignity in this house! (turns abruptly and trips on NANA) Argh!
Poor Nana? This is the last straw! Nana – out! For good! I know the children love her and she loves them, but Nana isn’t a proper nursemaid! She’s not even human! -- Don’t look at me like that. It’s nothing personal. It’s just that – well, you’re not really a nurse at all. You’re, well, a dog. And children aren’t puppies, they’re people. Sooner or later, Nana, people need too grow up.
Mrs. Darling (mother of Wendy, Michael and John)
George, this is no time to play with the children. We’re late!
But George, you can’t send Nana out – the children love her.
(Tucking the children in bed) Now, now – he loves you very much and Wendy, we must shut the window. There is no such person as Peter Pan and as for Never Land, no such place exists! Good night!
(Pause)
(the children are missing and Mrs. Daling buries her face in Nana’s fur as Nana lets out a plaintive cry.) Oh, Nana. (Nana hears something and barks.) Nana, what is it? Wendy! Michael! And John! You’re home! … And you’re covered in dirt! – Now George, it can’t be from the garden, this leaf isn’t like any we have out there. Children, how could you scare us like this? We’ve been worried all night! Oh my. I will just be happy you’re home. Wendy, you can stay in this room and tell stories for as long as you wish. You’re stories are wonderful!
Captain Hook (a dangerous villian who seeks revenge on Peter Pan for the loss of his hand)
Oh, Smee! What a rogue and peasant Hook am I! Here I sit, stuck in Never Land, plotting revenge on the diabolic Peter Pan! (raising his hook)Curse you, Pan!! Oh, if I could only find his secret lair, I’d capture him and plunge me cutlass deep into his sickly-sweet heart. But enough! This must be finished! Smee – bring me my map!
He isn’t in Mermaid’s Lagoon. We’ve trawled the very depths of Mermaid’s Lagoon. And can’t be in the cave above Cannibal Cove! We’ve dynamited every cave in Cannibal Cove!
Can’t be somewhere in Indian Territory. No, no, no – of course! I’m brilliant! Those indians know the island better than anyone. They must know where that insoluent knave hides each night! We must capture Tiger Lily, the chief’s daughter. And if Tiger Lily won’t tell us, we will boil her in oil! Whaddya say to that!? --- Well blast good form! Did Pan show good form when he did this to me? (raises his hook) I know I use it to comb my hair and to scratch – and if I were a mother, I’d pray to have my children born with this(shakes his hook.) intead of this. (raises his hand) Oh, but Smee!
Smee (Captain Hook’s first mate and loyal servant)
Good morning mates! (Smee is a low-class fellow with a cockney accent and a funny, pronounced lisp – his “s” sounds like “th.”)
Quit complainin and make the ship shine or it’s the lash for lolygagging!
‘Morning Cap’n. --- What’s that? You’re looking for Pan’s secret lair? Maybe his and his boys’ hideout’s in Mermaid’s Lagoon? ---- Perhaps in a cave above Cannibal Cove? --- Maybe somewhere in Indian Territory? Capture Tiger Lily! The ch-ch-chief’s daughter?! ---- You say if Tiger Lily won’t tell you, you’ll boil her in oil! That ain’t good form! ---- N-n-n-no sir, Pan did not show good form when he did that to you – but I thought you liked your hook! For combing your hair. And scratching. So in a way, you could thank Pan! (pause) But luckiy the croc also swallowed a clock, which gives us the tick-tock-tick-tock so’s we can get away before he reaches you. Why, I can almost hear it now…..
Captian, pardon me for saying, but maybe we should just forget this whole Pan business, and Never Land too. Go back to a healthy, normal life on the high seas, scuttling ships, cutting throats ---- What!? What light!? Peter Pan’s fairy, Tinker Bell!? Crying? – Well, I wouldn’t want this to go any further, but the cook told me that the first mate told him….. that Pan has banished Tinker Bell! --- You have a plan? ----You speak Pixie??
The Pirates (Jukes, Flint, Cookson, Murphy, Noodler, Skylights) Captain Hook’s gang of henchmen
And what’s good about it, Mr. Smee? Here we are collecting barnacles on this miserable island. We ought to be looting ships! I’ve almost forgotten how to slit a throat! I’m supposed to meet Jack Sparrow and go marauding-----
The Lost Boys (Cubby, Skunk, Hop, Fox. Raccopon Twins) Peter Pan’s gang of orphans
What’s that Tink? – A Wendy Bird? – Well, if Peter said kill it…..(shoots arrows as Wendy.) We did it! ---Peter, we did what you asked! Got the Wendy Bird with our deadly poison-tipped arrows is how we killed the….. (now sensing something is wrong)…Wendy…. Bird?
(Crying) She was gonna tell us stories? Wait! Look. She’s not dead. But Peter, Tink said you wanted us to do this. Ummm we’re the Lost Boys. How did we get lost? Well, when babies fall out of their cribs, they come here to Never Land. – No girls? That’s because girls are too clever to fall out of their cribs. – Dressed like this? Camouflage! Against the indians! We’re at war with them!
Chief Tiger Bamboo – leader of the indians and father to Tiger Lily
(Indian voice)Greetings, People from Across the Ocean! For many moons, we Native Braves have fought with you Lost Boys!
(Normal voice) Sometimes you win. Sometimes we win! Yeah, it’s only a game, and it sometimes feels a little ridiculous to talk like that. But there is one important thing: (Indian voice) where have you hidden Tiger Lily? You better tell me or else. If Tiger Lily is not back by sunset, Lost Boys get burned – at the stake!
Tiger Lily – Chief Tiger Bamboo’s daughter and Princess of the island
(to Wendy in a pompous “indian” voice) Thank you, Brave Girl From Far Away! (in her real voice) ‘Cause that was a really close one! Come on back to our camp. Let’s celebrate!
The Indians (Brave Pine, Brave Oak, Brave Shrub)
native inhabitiants of Never Land
(With attention on tracking, the boys re-enter so that they and the indians are circling each other.)Shh, I think see them! You mean those animals? (frustrated) Those aren’t animals! Those are boys – in camouflage!
The Mermaids (Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana)
beautiful sear creatures and friend of Peter Pan
(Mermaids are about to pull Wendy under the water)Let us have her for a week…. Below the waves! She can tell us stories about you, Peter. (to Wendy) What’s it like to fly with him?
Peter thinks if we pull you down and keep you there, we’ll forget you need to come up for air! Oh Peter… if we drowned her, we’d apologize.
No speaking parts for Nana and the crocodile
The Crocodile – a reptile who ate a ticking clock and Captain Hook’s hand
Nana – the Darling children’s nursemaid and dog