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You’re Gonna Need Me

LUCILLE: Hi everyone! Welcome to auditions for our student production of I’ll Never Let Go. This is an
original musical written by Becky Wallowitz, and it is for her senior project. I’m working with you on
this production as a part of student teaching for my Master’s degree.

BECKY: Yea, so, this show is about my personal experience with losing my…

LUCILLE: Shut up, Becky. Let’s get started with auditions.

(LUCILLE sits, BECKY takes her seat at the piano)

LUCILLE: First person, please.

(TOM enters)

LUCILLE: Hi! What’s your name?

TOM: (typical guy one-word answers) …Tom.

LUCILLE: You’re a guy…

TOM: …Yep.

LUCILLE: Auditioning for this show…?

TOM. …Yep.

LUCILLE: …Congrats Tom, you made the cut.

TOM: …Cool.

LUCILLE: Next!

(PHANNY enters)

LUCILLE: Hi, how are you?

PHANNY: I’m fantastic.

LUCILLE: What will you be singing today?

PHANNY: “Memory” from the musical, Cats, by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

LUCILLE: Great, whenever you are ready.

(PHANNY goes over to BECKY and claps out an obnoxious rhythm, then takes the space and performs
the song)
LUCILLE: (in shock) Wow… that was… interesting. Unfortunately Phanny…

PHANNY: With a Y.

LUCILLE: …What?

PHANNY: My name. It’s spelled P-H-A-N-N-Y.

LUCILLE: Okay… well Phanny with a Y, we cannot offer you a part in our show, but I heard that stage
crew has some positions open that have your name, spelled correctly, written all over them.

PHANNY: (pause) You’re gonna need me.

LUCILLE: Okay… um… NEXT.

(YESSICA enters)

LUCILLE: Hi, what’s your name?

YESSICA: Yessica.

LUCILLE: Jessica?

YESSICA: Yessica.

LUCILLE: Whatever. What will you be singing?

YESSICA: Que?

LUCILLE: Just sing.

(YESSICA sings “Feliz Navidad” a cappella)

LUCILLE: Jessica, do you know what coffee is?

YESSICA: Café?

LUCILLE: Si. You’re my new stage manager. Come sit.

YESSICA: Que?

LUCILLE: Sientate. Isquerda. Ahora.

YESSICA: Yes ma’am.

LUCILLE: NEXT!

(AMANDA enters and is very confident)

LUCILLE: And who the hell are you?

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AMANDA: Hi, my name is Amanda LaCard, and I will be singing a Broadway classic. You’re welcome.

LUCILLE: Let her rip…

(AMANDA sings “All That Jazz” from Chicago)

LUCILLE: Amazing. Bravo. Finally someone that doesn’t suck! (shrieks with joy) You’re hired! You’re
our star!

(LUCILLE goes to the audience)

LUCILLE: Everyone else who is here to audition, go home. We don’t need you, we found our stars. You
probably sucked anyway. Okay company! Congrats, you are now part of the show.

YESSICA: Café?

LUCILLE: Not yet, Jessica.

YESSICA: (under her breath) Yessica.

LUCILLE: Okay, let’s start with the dance number. Do the choreography I’m about to tell you- step, kick,
kick, leap, kick, touch, turn, turn, touch, down, back, step, pivot, step, walk, walk, walk. Got it? Okay. 5,
6, 7, 8!

(AMANDA does it flawlessly, TOM doesn’t know what he’s doing)

LUCILLE: (to YESSICA) Can you tell Tom to move downstage right?

YESSICA: (struggles to tell Tom)

TOM: What?

YESSICA: (still struggles)

LUCILLE: DOWNSTAGE RIGHT TOM!

TOM: Where’s that?

(LUCILLE gets increasingly frustrated)

(LUCILLE gets onstage, brings TOM DSR so she can break down the steps for him)

LUCILLE: (doing each step slowly) Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch…

BECKY: Actually, I don’t really feel like a dance number fits into the show…

LUCILLE: SHUT UP, Becky. Okay Tom, one more time… (YESSICA repeats what she says) Step…
kick… kick… leap… (gives YESSICA a look)
(to TOM)

LUCILLE: Phanny what are you DOING?!

PHANNY: You're going to need me.

LUCILLE: Now we arent! get backstage NOW! (PHANNY exits)

You know what? Just do whatever.
From the top! 5, 6, 7, 8…

(LUCILLE takes her seat)

(dance goes terribly except for AMANDA)

LUCILLE: (head in hands) Okay everyone, take a five.

(BECKY is playing around on the piano and AMANDA snaps fingers as a tempo and starts singing her
song)

AMANDA: Can I have a spotlight please? (YESSICA enters with a flashlight and shines it as a flashlight)

AMANDA: (when Tom interrupts her) Tom! This is my moment. It’s a solo! Shoo… (finishes song)

LUCILLE: Okay everybody, back on track!

(YESSICA goes to LUCILLE, BECKY is at piano, TOM enters on stage, PHANNY sneaks on stage)

LUCILLE: Phanny, you are on stage crew. PLEASE go backstage and do your job.

PHANNY: I’m going to play the lead.

LUCILLE: No you aren’t! We have Amanda and she is perfectly fine! Please exit.

PHANNY: You’ll see. I’m a superstar. (skulks offstage)

LUCILLE: Okay. Let’s take the dance number one more time before we move on. 5, 6, 7, 8.

(AMANDA falls and hurts her leg)

AMANDA: My leg!

PHANNY: Ha, I told you.

LUCILLE: Jesus Christ… Are you okay Amanda?

AMANDA: I don’t think I can go on… I’m out.

BECKY: Well, a dance number didn’t really fit into the show anyway-

EVERYONE: SHUT UP, BECKY!

(everyone freezes)

(LUCILLE sings her song)

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(TOM helps AMANDA off stage)

LUCILLE: Hey Jessica, can you see if anyone else is able to audition?

YESSICA: It’s Yessica.

LUCILLE: Exactly, Jessica. I really need another star.

PHANNY: I’m a superstar.

BECKY: Exactly. Phanny knows all the steps and does it more the way that I pictured it.
LUCILLE: Becky, please. I’m the director, so let me do my job. Jessica, now would be a great time for
coffee.

BECKY: It’s actually Yessica.

LUCILLE: Becky! (exits in frustration)

(BECKY starts singing and the trio starts)

(number ends and everyone goes to their old positions)

LUCILLE: Jessica, COFFEE.

YESSICA: (goes off at LUCILLE in Spanish) Hasta la vista, baby!

BECKY: Hey, Lucille…

LUCILLE: What now, Becky?!

BECKY: You’re fired.

LUCILLE: What?

BECKY: This is my show and I feel like I don’t even know it anymore, so I’m taking it over to do it the
way it’s supposed to be done, so you’re fired.

LUCILLE: Fine, I quit! Thank God, I’m off the hook! Brad, I’m coming for you baby!

BECKY: Phanny, would you like the lead?

PHANNY: A star like this was meant to shine.

BECKY: Yessica, what would you like to do?

YESSICA: Lights!

BECKY: You got it. Tom, will you come out?

(TOM comes out)

BECKY: Let’s finish this the way we started it Tom, together. From the top everyone!