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To my Theatre-fan Hypsters, I need HELP!

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Hello All!

I don't know how many of you are active theatre-enthusiasts, or enjoy reading play scripts for fun, but I'm in need of some help and I figured I'd see if any of my fellow hypsters could help me out!

I have an audition with The Actors Studio in May for their MFA program in theatre. For their audition, they actually let you bring a partner and perform a five minute scene. I've been having a bit of trouble trying to find a good scene. (I've ready probably 15plays so far with no dice). The partner I want to take is a former professor and mentor of mine. She's a woman in her mid-40's, and I'm trying to find a good scene that would fit both of our types. To give you an idea of my type, I'm 24, and previous roles I've played are D'Artagnan in the Three Musketeers, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and Todd in The Author's Voice. Also, I've changed my Avy to a pic of myself (I know it's a small picture and rather blurry, but it'll give you an idea of what I look like).

Any who, I've been reading a lot of plays with Mother/Son dynamics, but I haven't found a really good meaty scene yet (also one that has to feature me a bit more prominently since I'm the one auditioning.)

I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions/ideas for scenes that would work. It doesn't necessarily have to be a mother/son dynamic either. Just something that would fit both of our types. Thanks for your help!

EDIT: I should note that they only want contemporary scenes, so no Shakespeare, Moliere, ect. And it would be wise from me to stay away from contemporary plays that are set in a specifically styled time period (Exmp: Lion in Winter).
 
Break a leg!

Most of my theatre fandom is dedicated towards musical theatre, and my knowledge of plays is a bit spotty, but for some reason I am thinking of Equus or Glass Menangerie when you mentioned older person-younger male dynamics.

Maybe Lolita, with you as Humbert and your mentor as Charlotte.

I think there's a lot in Angels In America that can be used for your audition piece. I think the third act of Torch Song Trilogy has some good material.
 
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I think the bar scene from the musical Company between Bobby and Joanne may be a good selection.

You can youtube the one starring Neil Patrick Harris, he performs that scene with Patti Lupone.
 
Well, if we're including musicals now, I can go on for hours ...
 
Unfortunately, no musicals. I think they're looking for selections for straight plays. And I'll definitely check out Equus and Lolita, I haven't read those yet!

The plays I've already checked out are, The Rabbit Hole, Marvin's Room, the play version of Ordinary People, and The Glass Menagerie.

I've read all of those, and Glass didn't really have a scene between the Mother and Son that stuck out to me, also they're not usually alone for all that long before another character comes on stage. Rabbit Hole was a nice scene, but it's very downplayed (which isn't bad, but not really what I'm looking for) it's also a scene driven more by the Mother than the son. Ordinary people was a great play, but the Father is in every scene between the Mother and Son as well. The scene in Marvin's room between Hank and Bessie is nice, and one I'm currently considering. I'm also not sure if it's got quite enough "oomph" if you know what I mean. Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for something that needs to be incredibly intense (in fact, many times those scenes fall short when doing them in this kind of setting, with no context) but I'm looking for a scene with a nice arc to it.

I've also read Tea and Sympathy, which was a nice play but the wife in the play is a bit too young for my Mentor (supposed to be early 30's), and I've also read Look Homeward Angel (wasn't a fan of that one), and A Loss of Roses, which was okay, but again, didn't have a scene that really stuck out to me.
 

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