Auditions for RENT

Rachel sat down in the chair in the small room the school had for auditions. It was nothing more than a table and a chair, and a space for the students to stand while they auditioned. RENT was one of her favorite musicals, she was excited to be putting it on, and directing it. Rachel just hoped that people would audition. Sophia had mention that Syndal would probably be audition, so that was hopeful to Rachel. Setting down her clipboard and pen, she stood up again and opened the door into the auditorium. There was a group of kids sitting out there. Thank god, she thought.

"Alright, get in a line or figure out whoever the hell is coming first." Rachel said, glancing at all of them. "I don't care what y'all have to do, just get someone in here to audition." She said with a smile. "Oh, and good luck!" Rachel walked back into the room and sat down, waiting for someone to audition.

OOC: Your character will have to sing a song of your choice for the musical, and know who they are trying out for. Please PM me with any questions.

Anais crossed her legs and clasped her hands together as she listened to the headmistress. She quirked an eyebrow at her words, but thought nothing of it. She looked around her; she couldn't help but let her eyes linger on a pretty brunette. Anais shook her head. She shouldn't be thinking these things about girls. Her feelings were supposed to be for boys- her father would tell her that. She knew he would.

No one stood up as Ms. Emerson told them to have at it.

No one except her, of course.

She walked up to the stage and cleared her throat. "I'd like to audition for the role of Joanne with Listen, thank you," she said with a smile.

"Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can't complete

Listen to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning to find release

Oh the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own, all 'cause you won't listen

Listen
I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried
To say what's on my mind
You should have known oh
Now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what
You've made of me
I followed the voice, you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own
You should have listened
There was someone here inside
Someone I thought had died
So long ago
Oh I'm screaming out
And my dreams will be heard
They will not be pushed aside or worse
Into your own
All 'cause you won't listen

Listen
I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried
To say what's on my mind
You should have known oh
Now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what
You've made of me
I followed the voice, you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own

I don't know where I belong
But I'll be moving on
If you don't, if you won't

Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start, but I will complete

OH now I am done believing you
You don't know not what I am feeling
I'm more than what you've made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me

But now I got to find my own
My own."

She straightened her skirt and stepped down from the stage, breathing deeply. She did well, she did well, she knew she did. Right?

Rachel smiled when Anais walked in. The girl began to sing immediately. She seemed very confident, and she had a lovely, strong voice. She'd make a good Joanne, Rachel thought immediately. She scribbled that down on the sheet of paper that was attached to her clipboard and looked back up, smiling at Anais when she was finished. "That was lovely doll, thank you." Rachel beamed at her. "Could you just have one of the kids out there come in next? Thanks doll." Rachel said with a smile, waving at Anais.

Blair smiled faintly at the French girl when she walked out of the audition room, and went in directly after her, shutting the door behind her. "I would like to try out for the part of Maureen, and I'll be singing If I Were a Boy by Beyonce." Clearing her throat, she smiled and began to sing.

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted and go

Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it
Cause they stick up for me

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleeping alone
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she'd be faithful,
Waiting for me to come home, to come home.

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

It's a little too late for you to come back
Say it's just a mistake,
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you're just a boy
You don't understand
And you don't understand, ohhhh
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you're taking her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

But you're just a boy

When she was finished, Blair took a deep breath and smiled again at Rachel. "Thank you, Miss Emerson." She said, standing and waiting to be dismissed.

Seth waited and hummed, waiting for his turn to come. He was trying out for Angel, though he was a bit nervous about it. He was the best choice for it, no doubt. His eccentric personality helped a bit. And anyway, the school didn't want a student playing a drag queen, since parents didn't take too kindly to it.

So when it was his turn, Seth hopped up on the stage and grinned. "Hello Rachel. Trying out for Angel, as you know. I'll be singing Hero by Enrique Iglesias."

He grinned again before turning serious.

"Would you dance, if I asked you to dance?
Would you run, and never look back?
Would you cry, if you saw me crying?
And would you save my soul, tonight?

Would you tremble, if I touched your lips?
Would you laugh? Oh please tell me this
Now would you die, for the one you love?
Hold me in your arms, tonight

I can be your hero, baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away

Would you swear, that you'll always be mine?
Or would you lie? Would you run and hide?
Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind?
I don't care you're here, tonight

I can be your hero, baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away

Oh, I just wanna hold you
I just wanna hold you, oh yeah
Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind?
Well I don't care you're here, tonight

I can be your hero, baby
I can kiss away the pain, oh yeah
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away

I can be your hero, I can kiss away the pain
(I can be your hero, baby)
And I will stand by you, forever
You can take my breath away
You can take my breath away
An' I can be your hero."

He waited for dismissal.

Rachel nodded at Blair. "Thank you." She said, dismissing the girl as she left. Seth walked in, and she smiled and chuckled. "Yes, I do know, Seth." Rachel said as she smiled and listened to him sing. When he was done, Rachel smiled at him. "Well, thank you, and you will probably have the part within the next hour, when I post the results." Rachel said, smiling and waving goodbye to him.

Taylor walked into the audition room after the English teacher came out. "Ahoy Emerson." Taylor said, winking at the headmistress. "As you know all too well, I'm Taylor Donovan and I am auditioning for Roger. I will be singing Hurricane by 30 Seconds to Mars." Taylor said, clearing his throat and beginning.

No matter how many times that you told me you wanted to leave
No matter how many breaths that you took, you still couldn't breathe
No matter how many nights that you lie wide awake to the sound of the poison rain
Where did you go? Where did you go? Where did you go?
As days go by, the night's on fire

Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground

No matter how many deaths that I die I will never forget
No matter how many lives that I live I will never regret
There is a fire inside of this heart in a riot about to explode into flames
Where is your god? Where is your god? Where is your god?
Oh oh oh

Oh oh oh

Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to torture for my sins?

Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to live the lie?

Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground

Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground

Oh oh whoa

This hurricane
Oh oh whoa
This hurricane
Oh oh whoa
This hurricane
Oh oh whoa

Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to torture for my sins?

Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to live the lie?

Taylor waved to her. "See you around, Emerson." He walked out of the room and back into the auditorium.

Rachel rolled her eyes when Taylor strutted in. Oh good Lord Jesus, Rachel said, shaking her head. I do know him all too well, she thought while he sang. As annoying, rude, and cheeky as he was, he could sing, and would probably make a good Roger. Now only if Syndal tries out for Mimi... she thought, smiling. When he was done, she looked up to talk to him, except he was gone.

"Dammit Donovan." Rachel said, shaking her head.

Nate swaggered- seriously, he literally swaggered- into the audition room after nodding to Taylor. "'Ello Emerson," he said with a large grin as he walked up the stage. "I'm trying out for Mark. I'm gonna be singing Don't Do Sadness from Spring Awakening."

Awful sweet to be a little butterfly
Just wingin' over things and nothing deep inside
Nothing goin', goin' wild in you, you know
You're slowin' by the riverside
A-floatin' high and blue
Or maybe cool to be a little summer wind
Like once through everything and then away again
With the taste of dust in your mouth all day but no need to know
Like sadness
You just sail away

'cause ya’ know
I don’t do sadness
Not even a little bit
Just don’t need it in my life

Don’t want any part of it
I don’t do sadness
Hey, I’ve done my time,
Lookin’ back on it all
And it blows my mind
I don’t do sadness
So been there,
Don’t do sadness
Just don’t care

So maybe I should be some kind of laundry line.
Hang their things on me, and I will swing em’ dry
You just wave in the sun through the afternoon
And then see, they come to set you free, beneath the rising moon

'cause ya’ know
I don’t do sadness
Not even a little bit
Just don’t need it in my life
Don’t want any part of it
I don’t do sadness
Hey, I’ve done my time
Lookin’ back on it all
And it blows my mind
I don’t do sadness
So been there
Don’t do sadness
Just don’t care

He nodded and walked off the stage.

"What is it with y'all and your swaggering?" Rachel asked when Nate swaggered into her room. She shook her head and sighed. Glancing up at him, she nodded. "Whenever you're ready." Rachel loved Spring Awakening, it was one of her favorite musicals as well. She would have chosen it, except that was enough to get any parent to have their child taken out of the school. Nate had a nice voice, he'd make a good Mark. And him and Taylor got along well, as far as she knew, so that would be good. She sighed as he walked out right after as well. Shaking her head, she waited for the next person to come in.

"Good Job Seth" he nodded at his friend. "So Rachel," Lucas nodded, "I haven't a clue who I'll be trying out for. Not one. So just put me down as whoever you want" He stood there for a moment, and then "Oh, yeah. Singing This Is War by 30 Seconds to Mars"

A warning to the people
The good and the evil
This is war
To the soldier, the civillian
The martyr, the victim
This is war

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the Edge of the Earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the Edge of the Earth
It's a brave new world
It's a brave new world

A warning to the prophet, the liar, the honest
This is war
To the leader, the pariah, the victim, the messiah
This is war

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight

To the right
To the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world
From the last to the first

To the right
To the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world
It's a brave new world
It's a brave new world

I do believe in the light
Raise your hands up to the sky
The fight is done
The war is won
Lift your hands
Towards the sun
Towards the sun
Towards the sun
Towards the sun
The war is won

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight

To the right
To the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world
From the last to the first

To the right
To the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world
It's a brave new world
It's a brave new world

A brave new world
The war is won
The war is won
A brave new world

I believe in nothing
Not the end and not the start
I believe in nothing
Not the earth and not the stars
I believe in nothing
Not the day and not the dark
I believe in nothing
But the beating of our hearts
I believe in nothing
One hundred suns until we part
I believe in nothing
Not in satan, not in god
I believe in nothing
Not in peace and not in war
I believe in nothing
But the truth of who we are

Syndal sat, waiting for her audition. She was excited and worried at the same time. She didn't know if she would get the part, but she sure as hell wanted it. She wasn't very happy that Taylor tried out for Roger, but she would make do. After the History teacher sang his song and Ms. Emerson addressed him, Syndal stood up and walked on stage.

"Hey auntie," Syndal said with a smiled at Rachel. "I'm auditioning for Mimi, but I'll be singing a slow song; On My Own." Syndal took a deep breathe and stepped back.


And now I'm all alone again nowhere to turn, no one to go to
without a home without a friend without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head

On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/l/les-miserables-lyrics/on-my-own-lyrics.html ]
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers

I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known

I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own


She smiled and took a few deep breaths. Yeah, that was fun.

Rachel sat through Matt, Lucas, and Syndal's auditions, each one of them going very well. Marking down everything on her paper, she walked out into the auditorium, where everyone was sitting.

"ALRIGHT Y'ALL." She called, getting everyone's attention. "I'VE GOT THE CAST LIST. I'M GONNA PUT IT ON THE WALL, AND IF ANYONE GETS KNOCKED OVER, I'M NOT HELPING THEM." Rachel said, putting the list onto the auditorium wall. "Y'all have ten minutes till our first rehersal."

Mark Cohen: Nathaniel Locke
Roger Davis: Taylor Donovan
Mimi Marquez: Syndal Deveraux
Tom Collins: Lucas Monteith
Angel Dumott Schunard: Seth Watson
Maureen Johnson: Blair Walker
Joanne Jefferson: Anais Locke
Benjamin Coffin III:: Matthew Westin