<p>Another Link I use:</p>
<p>SUE akak 5pants</p>
<p>Heres a link to a bunch of suggested plays that DePaul recommends or discourages for use in finding monologues for auditions which could make for a nice start. Here, also, are The Complete Works of William Shakespeare right at your fingertips for free along with suggested</a> monologues. Really, if a play is old enough to be considered public domain, you can usually run it down online for free. For plays that were originally written in another language, however, it might be a good idea to just screen them online for characters you like and then look at several versions in hard copy because the quality of the translations can vary a great deal.</p>
<p>Oh, yeah. A couple of other things ... Some schools prefer that you not use monologues from plays in which you have actually performed. On the other hand, while it didn't happen to me, I've also heard of auditors going down an auditioner's resume and asking for selections from some of the plays listed.</p>
<p>Thesbo-</p>
<p>Yeah! Thanks for posting DePaul's list...I was searching all over last night on the DePaul site for that link!! It's a really good list to go by as a rule of thumb when considering or searching monologues.</p>
<p>SUE</p>
<p>Good grief. You all have helped out so much with all the wonderful websites and now here's one that's got me stuck again. My D is going to be directing (pretty exciting!) the final play at her school this year and she's supposed to get a copy of it ASAP. But I can't locate a copy other than a used one from Amazon with a somewhat shaky arrival date. Other ways to find drama scripts, anyone? I tried the websites provided here (Samuel french, Dramatists, etc.).</p>
<p>mtmommy,</p>
<p>what is the name of the play?</p>
<p>SUE</p>
<p>Flowers for Algernon--not the musical, but the drama.</p>
<p>mtmommy-</p>
<p>Dramatic Publishing has it: <a href="http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/index.cfm</a></p>
<p>Good Luck! :)</p>
<p>SUE aka 5pants</p>
<p>Thanks so much, Sue; you've saved the drama department at my D's high school ;).</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for all your marvelous suggestions and websites. I do think the MT forum is approaching online reference book status, isn't it? Except it's better than any reference book I've ever seen on related subjects!</p>
<p>Play search:
So, please tell me, if they made a student responsible for securing "a copy" of the script, that they don't plan to photocopy it, and perform without licensing! It is amazing to me that some schools don't seem to know the rules, but I know those schools exist.</p>
<p>MusThCC--The teacher is handling all that, but as a director my D needs to get her hands on a copy ahead of time to work on it, especially with her busy schedule.</p>
<p>I am one of the women who has been targeted as being a trouble maker on this forum and would like to thank you for your kind words. Please don't let the tone of some of the posts scare you away. This forum has been very helpful to me, despite some of the moms (and kids) being very sure of themselves and intolerant to a couple of us that needed some support during a difficult time. I could only chock it up to a lot of pride during this time.<br>
Hopefully, things will settle down and the forums will be able to go back to what they are supposed to be......supportive to EVERYBODY.</p>
<p>"I would like to be a regular on this board as I am finding it very helpful, but can't help wondering if my responses would be respected since I'm new and some of you have been posting for several years."</p>
<p>We at CC and on the MT Forum certainly welcome and encourage new readers and posters, so welcome! Your posts will be respected in the same way as those by posters who have been here longer than you. If you look at the posters here and note the number of posts, you will notice a wide variation as to how many times each has participated here. Several people are newer and have posted less than 50 times. Others have been here a year or even two or three. Some are on their second or third child's college process so started visiting here earlier. Some not only post on the MT Forum, but on other CC message forums, thus post more. </p>
<p>I believe if you were to read back on the MT threads of the past few years, you will notice much support back and forth amongst all posters, new and old alike, as well as helpful advice. The tone has been respectful. As a moderator, I make sure that there are no posts that violate our terms of service. Most of the posters here are what I would call "self moderating" and I barely need to get involved because the level and tone of respect has been wonderful. There have been undertones of negativity on the forum lately and we are watching it because it does concern the majority of posters, many of whom have contacted me as moderator because it is not something they are used to seeing on this forum. </p>
<p>I also hope you will notice that many of the long time posters do not come across as an "invitation only" club, but rather go out of their way to HELP newbies to this field or process because they were all new at one time and in the very same boat. Numerous posters have generously given of their time to newer posters, even though as parents, they are done with the college admissions process. It is a very giving bunch of parents and students here.</p>
<p>I encourage you to join in, ask questions, offer ideas, share experiences, voice opinions. If you read over three or four years' worth of posts, you will be able to conclude that there have always been new posters and that the tone has been a very welcoming and respectful and supportive one. We aim to keep it that way. If there have been some back and forth posts lately that are not of that nature, I can assure you that it has not been the norm over the years. We hope everyone who participates will continue to post in a friendly manner.</p>
<p>Again, welcome!</p>
<p>MidgetMom,
I would email you but you have not enabled that function. I am going to post this on the forum not only because I cannot email you but I think it is helpful for all to read, not just you. </p>
<p>We truly welcome you to post here and hope you will continue to do so. I am sure you have much to offer and share. I know there are those here who would be more than happy to help you should you pose any questions, as well. </p>
<p>I do not believe anyone posted anything inappropriately toward you initially. If they had, believe me, we'd have taken care of it here at CC. For whatever reason, it appears you initially took some posts personally that had no ill will or intent. Now that that is over, it seems that some of your posts are reactionary and are going to incite more of this cycle of posts. This last post you posted to FriendofStar just is not helping you. I URGE you to put this behind you and to continue to post in a friendly manner that I know you mean to do. On the one hand, you maintain that posters were not supportive of you (which I did not observe when you started posting) but you are inciting posts now by not being positive or supportive in return. These sorts of posts are bringing many posters to email me with concerns about this tone lately that is adversarial and they really want it to stop as it is not the norm for this forum. I KNOW it can stop if you AND others can stop bringing it up and inciting more posts in response. I think many are trying to ignore these sorts of posts and are not responding and that is helpful. I urge you to let this go and continue to post the very nice posts that I know you wish to be a part of. Please let this go and not invite any more of this negative back and forth posting. I guarantee you that every poster has tried to support you and wish your child well. I am sorry if you did not see their positive intent but I think you are now bringing things upon yourself by not letting this negative type of interchange go. </p>
<p>I really mean this message for ANYONE (I don't just mean MidgetMom but am posting now as a response to her recent post) who has not been able to let go of these ill feelings. If you feel others have been unkind to you, please do not be unkind back because it just inciting more of what you found offensive. </p>
<p>I can assure everyone that we truly look out for offensive posts and will take care of these should they occur. If someone internalizes posts as offensive but are not deemed offensive by our moderators, then the issue is within that person. But if WE find it offensive, we will intervene. </p>
<p>Thank you and let's ALL just go forward and please please let this go. If you wish to participate, stick with the topics and not this personalization. Those who are personalizing it, need to look at how they are inviting certain types of responses. Please keep it to the friendly supportive sharing and informative posts. Let the rest go, for yourself mostly, but also for the rest of the readers.</p>
<p>friendofstar, you have a private message. i noticed you haven't received it and thought you might not be aware that those notifications are at the upper right of your screen.</p>
<p>friendofstar--I think Collegemom really said it all. People here are wonderfully supportive--even if you lose it now and then. The kids here are fantastic and there is a lot to learn. Some people have been on this forum since it began and have developed relationships. Some of us crossed paths several times this past year at auditions--so we have faces to picture as well. But this is definitely not an exclusive club. By the way, has anyone referred you to the FAQ sheet yet?</p>
<p>So welcome, surf the various threads (Hint: even if you don't think it's a topic you are interested in, we have a tendancy to wander) and ask questions--especially ones that haven't been asked yet.</p>
<p>And good luck to your child.</p>
<p>"I really mean this message for ANYONE (I don't just mean MidgetMom but am posting now as a response to her recent post) who has not been able to let go of these ill feelings. If you feel others have been unkind to you, please do not be unkind back because it just inciting more of what you found offensive."</p>
<p>I hope you really mean this because I never intended any ill feelings to begin with, going back several weeks now. It all started with a simple observation that some kids have been given greater opportunities than others. It snowballed from there. My "unkindness" at times has been as a defense. It you read back I was never offensive.</p>
<p>God bless to everyone. Isn't the world bad enough these days without stagemoms going beserk?</p>
<p>You need to stop this type of adversarial and inflammatory posting. I would email you privately as is my preference but you continue to keep your email function disabled despite your emailing me as moderator. Numerous forum posters are quite disconcerted with this tone of posting which we have never had on this forum, nor do we want to have it now. The forum is a place for information, resources, sharing of experiences, support, hugs when needed, and so forth. One of the strengths of this forum is precisely the tone of the discussion. </p>
<p>Many posters have now chosen to ignore these posts that are inciting more conflict and more reaction. They have been hoping that would stop this once and for all. I only wish you could see, but I am afraid that you do not, that you have misinterpretted the good will and support of other posters toward you. You have personalized their posts and taken meaning and ill intent where none was offered or meant. They were not offensive to you. To the contrary, many have reached out in support. </p>
<p>The forum WELCOMES new posters, it always has and it always will and there is PLENTY of evidence that demonstrates that. When you started posting, you accused others of looking down upon your D's outcome. I NEVER saw posters remark or think anything to that effect but rather tried to be encouraging that your D got into the ONE program she auditioned for, even if not exactly the hoped for BFA. Many thought of her as a success. If you wanted to commisserate, that was fine. Admonishing others for their good fortune was not the way to do it. Ever since then, when posters post in response to you, you take everything as offensive and I am not sure why. But no matter. What IS offensive is that you are writing offensive remarks for which YOU are complaining that others are doing. It HAS to STOP. Your post now about "beserk stagemoms" is a good example. There have been many other comments by you of this ilk, whether you see it or not. This kind of dialogue in itself is very "stagemom-ish". </p>
<p>I would have posted to you privately but you leave me no recourse. We at CC need to maintain the level of decorum for which we are known. Posters are telling me that they don't want to post if this kind of dialogue continues. While they are trying to ignore your baiting posts, they have not stopped. </p>
<p>I urge you to START OVER and I can assure you that folks will post nicely to you (as they have and even did last night when you posted some "news" of your daughter). We welcome you to keep posting and joining in the discussion IF you LET THIS GO NOW. </p>
<p>Thank you. We know you have good things to contribute. Embrace the warmth here and start fresh.</p>
<p>CollegeMom</p>
<p>PS, while it is not the norm for me to post this ON the forum, you not only did not enable email to be returned to you but this needs to be seen by others so they know that I am taking care of the many complaints and requests to stop this type of posting that is NOT THE NORM for the CC MT Forum.</p>
<p>Ok, no one has posted on this thread in quite some time, but if anyone sees this:</p>
<p>While I am not coming up on my college auditions, I am nearing auditions for local theatre companies in which I have to prepare a song. I found a website that carries a book of Soprano and Belter 15-Bar Audition pieces. Many of the songs in these books were already part of my repertoire, and most of the songs are from pre-1960 musicals. Do you think that these songs are overly used at auditions, or are they most likely ok?</p>
<p>The songs in the book are most likely very popular songs and possibly "overused" so I would use with caution. However, if you feel really comfortable with a song and you just love it then by all means use it! That's what I've gathered from various bits and pieces of advice from teachers and friends. I'm just passing on the knowledge :). Good luck with the auditions!</p>
<p>Yes, our main library (connected to the interlibrary loan system) has a paltry offering of plays, librettos and music. The reason is that the department houses its own private library collection, open only to CSUF students. Even then, we lose thousands of dollars worth of material each year. Very sad state indeed.</p>
<p>eve</p>