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River Place Student Theatre

Audition Materials

Featured Ensemble Leads: Pirates, , Indians

PIRATES

The Pirates are Captain Hook’s rough gang of henchmen. They are mean and gruff characters that do Captain Hook’s bidding. Pirate leads include: Jukes, Flint, Cookson, Murphy, Noodler and Skylights.

Song: Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me ​ Sides: (read ALL pirate lines below except SMEE) ​ SMEE Good morning mates! (Hook’s right-hand man SMEE enters. He is a simple, low-class fellow with a ​ cockney accent and a funny, pronounced lisp – his “s” sounds like “th.” He is at heart a good soul and … yet Captain Hook is his hero.)

SCOTTISH JUKES And what’s good about it, Mr. Smee? ​ COCKNEY FLINT Here we are collecting barnacles on this miserable island. ​ MEAN MURPHY We ought to be looting ships! ​ SIMPLEMINDED NOODLER I’ve almost forgotten how to slit a throat! ​ CLUBFOOT COOKSON (under his breath) I’m supposed to meet and go marauding— ​

LOST BOYS and INDIANS

The Lost Boys are ’s faithful gang. They are fellow orphans and incredibly loyal to their leader. The Lost Boys include Cubby, Skunk, Foxy, Hop and the Raccoon Twins. The Indians are the native inhabitants of Never Land. They include Brave Pine, Brave Oak and Brave Shrub.

Song: Following the Leader (beginning to measure 52) ​ Sides: (for either Lost Boys or Indian leads, read ALL Lost Boys lines below) ​ CUBBY I wanna join! ​ RACCOON TWINS Us too! ​ River Place Student Theatre

Audition Materials

SKUNK (like a cheerleader cheer) Pi-rates forever! Lost Boys never! ​ WENDY (overlapping) Boys! Boys— ​ SKUNK Pi-rates forever! Lost Boys never! ​ WENDY Skunk! ​ SKUNK (stops his chant) Sorry. ​ WENDY Aren’t you all ashamed of yourselves? ​ FOXY Well, Captain Hook makes a very convincing case, Wendy. ​ HOP We’ll walk the plank if we don’t become pirates! ​

ENSEMBLE

We have several ensembles including Cloud Dancers, Pirate Chorus, Lost Boy Chorus, and Indian Chorus.

Song: Following the Leader (beginning to measure 52) ​ Sides: ​ Greetings, you dour dollop of doleful dimwits! Because I am a generous Hook, I hereby give you prisoners a choice. Walk the plank or join our merry pirate crew! ARGH! …