Productions
Little Shop Of Horrors
Our next musical theatre production will be Little Shop Of Horrors, which will be staged on 5th, 6th and 7th March 2025 at The Suthers School.
Auditions will be held on Thursday 12th September 2024 between 3pm and 5pm, with call-backs for selected students on Friday 13th September between 3pm and 4pm
To prepare for their audition, students should learn one of the following extracts of dialogue from the show, and one of the follow songs. They will also be expected to learn a short choreographed dance as part of the audition.
SONG CHOICE 1: Suddenly, Seymour
Seymour:
Lift up your head Wash off your mascara
Here, take my Kleenex, wipe that lipstick away
Show me your face, clean as the morning
I know things were bad, but now they're okay
Suddenly, Seymour is standing beside you
You don't need no makeup, don't have to pretend
Suddenly, Seymour is here to provide you
Sweet understanding, Seymour's your friend
Audrey:
Nobody ever treated me kindly
Daddy left early, Mama was poor
I'd meet a man and I'd follow him blindly
He'd snap his fingers, me, I'd said sure
Suddenly, Seymour is standing beside me
He don't give me orders, he don't condescend
Suddenly, Seymour is here to provide me
Sweet understanding, Seymour's my friend
SONG CHOICE 2: Prologue / Little Shop Of Horrors
Little shop, little shop of horrors
Bop-sha-bop, little shop of terror
Watch 'em drop, little shop of horrors
No, oh-oh-oh, no
Shing-a-ling, oh what a creepy thing to be happening
Look out, look out, look out, look out!
Shang-a-lang, feel the sturm and drang in the air
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Sha-la-la, stop right where you are
Don't move a thing
You better
You better, I'm telling you, you better
Tell your mama, something's gonna get her
She better
Everybody better beware
DIALOGUE 1
AUDREY: What a day, what a day. Seymour, do you mind locking up for me? I’m all in!
SEYMOUR: Uh, one minute, Audrey. I want to show you something
AUDREY: Can it wait til tomorrow?
SEYMOUR: It won’t take long, (getting a jacket on) I’ve been shopping for a new wardrobe like you told me to and… ta da... What do you think?
AUDREY: Seymour (in shock)
SEYMOUR: You don’t like it?
AUDREY: (overcome with emotion) I… I…. I don’t know… I…
SEYMOUR: (taking jacket off) I’ll take it off. Ill take it back. Ill Burn it, just don’t cry! Please! (to himself) look what I did. (to her) I only bought it to impress you. That’s all I ever meant to do.
AUDREY: (crossing to sit on the steps) I don’t know what’s come over me. I guess I’ve been a little under the weather lately
SEYMOUR: Its Orin isn’t it? Youve been down in the dumps ever since his mysterious disappearance. You miss him, don’t you?
AUDREY: Miss him? I’ve never felt so relieved as when they told me he vanished. It was like a miracle, not to mention all the money I’ve saved on Epsom salts and ace bandages
SEYMOUR: (sitting beside her) Then what’s the matter?
AUDREY: I feel guilt I guess, I mean, if he met with foul play or some terrible accident of some kind, then it’s partly my fault, you see, because I secretly wished it!
SEYMOUR: Audrey! Don’t say such a thing!
DIALOGUE 2
CUSTOMER: Well, that’s an unusual story and a fascinating plant. (turns to exit, beat) Oh I may as well take fifty dollars of those roses while I’m here.
MUSHNIK: Fifty dollars!!!
AUDERY: Fifty dollars!!
SEYMOUR: Fifty dollars!!!
MUSHNIK: Yes sir, right away
CUSTOMER: can you break a hundred?
MUSHNIK: Oh… Er… no im afraid we…
CUSTOMER: Well then, I’ll just have to take twice as many, wont i?
MUSHNIK: Twice as many!
AUDERY: Twice as many!
SEYMOUR: Twice as many!
MUSHNIK: A hundred dollars’ worth, yes sir, right away. Audrey my darling, kindly fetch this gentleman a hundred dollars’ worth of our very finest red American beauty roses!
CUSTOMER: Thank you very much (starts to move to the door) Yes that is one strange and interesting plant!
MUSHNIK: Well don’t just stand there! Quick, Quick, Quick! Put that plant – what do you call it?
SEYMOUR: An Audrey two
MUSHNIK: Put that Audrey two in the window where the passers-by can see. My god. I’d never have believed it! (grabbing his coat) My children, I’m taking us all out to dinner!
AUDREY: Oh, I’d love to Mr Mushnik, but I have a date
MUSHNIK: With that same nogoodnik? I’m telling you Audrey, you don’t need a date with him, you need major medical. He aint a good clean kinda boy.
We look forward to seeing you at our auditions in September!