GODSPELL AUDITION MONOLOGUES

JESUS

Now, do not suppose that I have come to abolish the Law and the prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to complete. I tell you this: so long as heaven and earth endure, not a letter, not a stroke, will disappear from the Law until all that must happen has happened. Therefore, whoever sets aside even the least of the Law’s demands will have the lowest place in the kingdom of Heaven. But whoever keeps the law and teaches others so will have the highest place in the kingdom of Heaven.

DISCIPLE

There one was a rich man whose land yielded heavy crops. He cared not for the people who tended his crops, though they worked long hours and were paid a fraction of the rich man’s salary. Yet despite all his riches, he found it still wasn’t enough. “Oh, what am I to do?,” he said. “I will tear down my storehouses and build them bigger. I will collect in them ally my corn and popcorn and tuna surprise, and M&Ms.” But, then God said to the man, “You fool, this very night you must surrender your life. You have made your money. Who will get it now?”

JUDAS

Now, the elder son was out on the farm working, and on his way back, as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing. He called to one of the servants and asked him what it meant. The servant said: “Uh, uh, uh, your nephew—nope, nope, nope, your cousin—nope, nope, your brother, yup, your brother’s come back home again and your father’s killed the fatted calf cause he has him back safe and sound. But the brother was . . . irritated. Okay, he was pretty damned mad!