Monologue choice for Beauty and the Beast?

[francescalovely]

Posted: 11/20/12 at 3:01pm

Hi,

I posted on here a while ago asking for help to figure out my school musical... It's Beauty and the Beast!

I need to choose a monologue to audition with, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. I suppose I'm going for the role of Belle, but I'm also looking towards the roles of Babette and the Silly Girls as well.

I need a monologue that can be comedic OR dramatic, but I think it is important to have one that shows off Belle's personality traits. I was thinking of this monologue from South Pacific that is said by Nellie:

"Emile, you know I can’t stay. And I’ve got to get that jeep back. I stole it. Or rather, I borrowed it. Or rather a fellow stole it for me. A wonderful man named Billis. I’ll have to sneak around behind the hospital as it is…. I never had such a wonderful time in my whole life. All these lovely people and that cute old man who spoke French with me and made believe he understood me. And that exciting native couple who danced for us. Oh, it’s so different from Little Rock!.. What on earth are you laughing at? Am I drunk?.. Emile, you know my mother says we have nothing in common. But she’s wrong. We have something very important in common- very much in common.. We’re the same kind of people fundamentally – you and me. We appreciate things! We get enthusiastic about things. It’s really quite exciting when two people are like that. We’re not blasé. You know what I mean."

Would that be a good choice? I would LOVE and really appreciate any other monologue suggestions.

Thanks so much!