Hope/Little Sally for Urinetown Audition?

Question

I am going to an audition for my school's production of Urinetown in a short while, and I'm hoping to be cast as Hope. I am a soprano with belt. However, at auditions one cannot say which role they would prefer, and we are generally only asked to sing once. There are no callbacks, just the cast list after primary auditions. I know that I want to be Hope and I need to communicate that with the song I use for my audition, in which I would like to show off my soprano range. Any suggestions on what to sing for auditions? Any help is very much appreciated.

Answer 1

Well, you put Hope / Little Sally in your title and those are definitely two very different roles.

For Hope I would use a very Ingenue song. If you can think of anything that ingenue but comedic that would be good.

Goodnight My Someone – Music Man
Ribbons Down My Back – Hello Dolly
When I Marry Mr. Snow – Carousel
A Change In Me – Beauty and the Beast (the end)
A New Life – Jekyll & Hyde
It Might As Well Be Spring – State Fair
They Say It’s Wonderful – Annie Get Your Gun

break a leg!!!

Answer 2

Hope is a soprano, but she's definitely not a legit-type ingenue, she's almost more of a character part and does need to show a bit of a belt. I would suggest:

A Change in Me - BATB (second that from the above list)
Vanilla Ice Cream - She Loves Me
Gimme Gimme - Thoroughly Modern Mille
Barbara Song - Threepenney Opera
Somewhere That's Green - Little Shop of Horrors
The Steps of the Palace - Into the Woods
I'm Not Afraid of Anything - Songs for a New World

Answer 3

desire is a soprano, yet she's surely not a respectable-sort ingenue, she's virtually extra of a character area and does would desire to coach somewhat a belt. i'd recommend: a transformation in Me - BATB (2nd that from the above record) Vanilla Ice Cream - She Loves Me Gimme Gimme - thoroughly present day Mille Barbara track - Threepenney Opera someplace that's eco-friendly - Little save of Horrors the stairs of the Palace - Into the Woods i'm not frightened of something - Songs for a clean international