Auditions to come...

So, I've got three auditions on the horizon for summer companies (STAGES, Union Avenue Opera & The MUNY).  I get so embarrassed sometimes that I'm not casting my net wider.  It's due to several factors--most of which are in my power to change.  I just need to have more faith in myself...et cetera.  Anyhow, I am thinking of the following game plans:

STAGES

Just scheduled an audition with this summer musical theatre company doing Little Shop of Horrors, Drowsy Chaperone and Guys and Dolls.  I'm probably most appropriate for the third show, as the first two are a belty-singing show and dancing show, respectively.  I'm a singer that moves...so a good number of the Rodgers/Hammerstein, Loesser, Lerner/Loewe shows are right up my alley.

Thus, I'm bringing in my requisite two contrasting songs.  I'm starting off with "Mr. Cellophane" to give the panel a glimpse into my comedic personality.  Should they want to hear something else, I'll sing the title song from The Desert Song--which is my "ballad" with a lot of "money notes" during and at the end.  A friend smartly suggested I have a cabaret song ready and in my binder...so I've got a bittersweet William Bolcom number planned in that case.

UNION AVENUE OPERA

They're doing Verdi's Il trovatore, Lehár's The Merry Widow (in german), Delibes' Lakmé in the summer and Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors at Christmastime.   In short, there's a lot that I would love to be considered for (and have noted on my audition letter) in every production this season.  Though, I'm really gunning for Kaspar in Amahl and a few supporting roles in Merry Widow...did you think I'd pass up the chance to compete for a role in german?

At UAO, one usually gets to sing two pieces, time- and panel-permitting.  My thought is to begin with "This Is My Box" from Amahl, followed by "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" from Lehár's The Land of Smiles.  This is, by my estimation, the best course of action.  You've got A.) an aria straight from the opera AND the role...and B.) another aria in the style of the composer to be featured.

MUNY

Oh geez... I don't even know where to begin.  Maybe the "Debbie Plan," which would consist of:

1. hardcore dance sessions w/Debbie Allen

2. Debbie Voigt surgery (maybe the lap-band kind?)

Ok, so the "Debbie Plan" is wildly expensive...so I'll just have to seriously out-sing the conservatory students.  I don't know what to sing yet, but luckily, the MUNY auditions aren't until the beginning of March.  I have a decent amount of time to find something old-school musical comedy that is both something I'd actually sing onstage yet aesthetically pleasing in all the ways it must be aesthetically pleasing.  Oh, and lots of ZOWIE!  I'm not sure what "zowie" entails, but I'll get back to you on that.

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Your thoughts, if any?