Thank you for auditioning for ROCK OF AGES NATIONAL TOUR ROLE: DENNIS

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1 Thank you for auditioning for ROCK OF GS NTIONL TOUR ROL: Present in the room ill be director, producing team & casting FOR PPOINTMNT ON 4/19 PLS PRPR: - Song from your book in the style of or from the sho 1980s ROCK ONLY Please no Pop songs -This FULL packet of Material -You may be asked to return later in the day (around 2/3pm) for a dance/movement call Please have comfortable clothes ith you azz shoes/sneakers, character heels are fine INSTRUCTIONS: Be sure to bring your picture and resume, otherise e ill not have one in the room! Thanks so much! W S Casting W S Casting

2 10/27/ Scene 3b INT upree s Bourbon Room Y With, RW, and, Holding a letter from the Mayor They re calling it economic redevelopment pparently The Bourbon no longer generates an adequate tax revenue See it s like I keep saying e need to bring back Naked ello Wrestling Thursdays only this time Check it We ll let omen enter! (sigh) Maybe it s time to cash it in-- RW Whoa, ennis?! What are you saying?! I m not saying I ant to -- IT S UST I M SITTIN ON THIS BRSTOOL TLKIN LIK MN FOOL! GOT TH TWLV O CLOCK NWS BLUS N I V GIVN UP HOP FOR TH FTRNOON SOPS N BOTTL OF COL BRW IS IT NY WONR I M NOT CRZY? So che a prozac! Come on, ennis! IS IT NY WONR I M SN T LL? RW You do ash your hands a lot / / RW/ HRTZ/MYOR/FRNZ/RGIN IS IT NY WONR I V GOT TOO MUCH (Clap, clap) TIM ON MY HNS

3 10/27/ N IT S TICKIN WY TICKIN WY FROM M! (seeing his nespaper) Hold the phone! You guys see ho s in today s paper?! (reading) ohn Sununu? RW Nice mid-80s political reference, but no Right here! RW (reading) Monster rockers, rsenal, are breaking up ccording to sources, lead singer, Stacee axx, ill leave the band after this tour to pursue a solo career-- Perfect, right?! Lonny, ho gave Stacee and rsenal their start? We did So? So hat if e hosted their last gig ever The last rsenal sho here?! No shit RW Tell me that ouldn t generate an adequate tax revenue! Plus, Stacee still oes me from that hotel incident ith the Cool Whip and the baby llama Love it! I ust hope it s enough It s gotta be! I mean, come on! The mayor isn t a total money grubbing horeink?

4 10/27/ FRNZ rushes on, sees and pulls him aside FRNZ h, Mr upre, can I ask a favor? I We can t do ork ith zem still here unt my papa, he Can you get them to move? Please? RGIN Wounded Knee, people! Wounded F-in Knee! looks at the PROTSTRS See? You and your dad are tearing don the last place here these kids had to dream I imagine they ll do hatever the hell they ant (signals for a spot light hich brightens his face) Because dreams are like rainbos to the child in each one of us!! The child that lives right here (dramatic) N YS MMM I NVR LRN TO R!!! 13B S OSCR MOMNT collapses dramatically; a WOMN in a sequin gon alks out and presents him ith an Oscar aard exits ith the oman; sharply exits fter a beat on t do this, Franz RGIN FRNZ Look, I told you! It s not me RGIN It can be One person I kno there s more to you than clean, pure, and efficient streets reams What is your dream, Franz? 13C ROCK CNY FRNZ I don t (reamy music as FRNZ stares into the heavens) I used to run a confectionery shop in Hamburg? Homemade candies, chocolates RGIN Why aren t you there, Franz? HRTZ (OFFSTG) Franz, ozum teufel bist du geganen? (Franz, here the hell did you run off to?)

5 29 RW: "Whoa, ennis?! What are you saying?!" : "I'm not saying I ant to" V &? Ó Vamp (vox last time) F n (+Gtr2/Bs) : It's ust I'm nalog Fat Syn Bass 30 n sit - tin' on this bar - stool Talk - 7 n 31 n in' like a damn fool Got the V 32 n 33 n & telve o' - clock nes blues Lead Synth Poss like Yamaha 'PoerWheel' Ó n nd I've n? 7 n (+Gtr1) 7 n 34 V &? n giv-en up hope For the af - ter-noon soaps nd a bot-tle of cold bre n 35 n 36 n Ó n n (+Gtr1) 37 Ó n n

6 V 38 &? n (+Gtr 1&2) Is it an - y on - der I'm not cra - Heavy ist C5 Poer Chord n C 5 n n 39 n n 40 (Gtr2) 7 zy? n n "So, che a Prozac! Come on, ennis!" 41 n n (+Bs) (+Gtr1) V 42 : n û 43 n 44 RW: "You do ash your hands a lot" 45 n Ó &? (+Gtr 1&2) n C 5 n n Is it an - y on - n der I'm sane at all? n 7 n n (+Bs) (+Gtr1) 46 V & &? / RW / MYOR / HRTZ / / FRNZ: n Is it an - y on - RGIN: Is it an - y on - ist Poer Chord m (+Gtr 1&2) (Bs) der I've got der I've got too much (clap, clap) time too much (clap, clap) time Hand Claps b Ó 49 : on my hands? nd it's on my hands?

7 50 V 51 n &? tick - in' a - ay, Tick - in a - ay from me Lead Synth n (Gtr1) (Gtr2 - eighths) (+Gtr1) m Fm 54 : "Time out You guys see ho's in today's paper?" &? (Bs) (Gtr1 - PM eighths) n n Sa Wave (Sounds 8vb) 57 (+Gtr1) Ó n n RW: "ohn Sununu?" P n (/ pitch bend) n 58 & (ialogue continues) Ó n 61 n (/ pitch bend)? n n n C 5 n & 62 (Gtr 1 - solo) n 63 n \? F (Tacet to m76) n n 7 n n n (/ bar) C 5 (Harm) n

8 V &? I can't fight this feel - ing an - y long - er, and yet I'm still a - fraid to let it flo / 8 r F m / / 9 b B b+ b V 10 & What 11 start - ed out as friend - ship has gron strong - er; I on-ly /G? sus 13 V &? 15 V &? ish I had the strength to let it sho C m 12 " n m /G n 14 F : r sus tell my-self that I can't hold out for-ev - er I say there is no rea-son for my fear /G "I understand" r : F m b b b ma7 (+5)/B b I

9 V 18 &? "You, too?" sus 'Cause 21 V n & 19 I feel so se-cure hen e're to-geth - /G : " my life di-rec - tion You make ev - 'ry-thing C m? 24 V so 20 n er m /G F You give n n 23 4 r 4 4 clear nd : &? e - ven as I an - der, I'm keep - in' you in sight You're a C m V 26 &? can - dle in the in - do on a cold, dark in - ter's night nd 27 r

10 V V I'm get - ting clos - er than I ev - er thought I might : & I'm get - ting clos - er than I ev - er thought I might WOMN: (off-stage) I'm get - ting clos - er than I ev - er thought I might MN: (off-stage) V &? V 30 I'm get - ting clos - er than I F m 31 ev - er thought I might sus V & V Ó Ó nd I can't fight this feel - nd I can't fight this feel nd I can't fight this feel - - &? (+Gtrs 1&2, rs) sus / (rum fill) nd I can't fight this feel -

11 V 33 V & V &? - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I 34 V 35 Ó 36 Ó V star-ted fight - in' for : and & star-ted fight in' for Ó It's time to bring this ship in to the shore V star-ted fight - in' for Ó hh & star-ted fight - in' for hh? &?

12 V 37 V thro a-ay the oars for -ev - er 'Cause I can't fight this feel - :! 38! 39 &! 'Cause I can't fight this feel - V hh! 'Cause I can't fight this feel - &? C m hh sus / 'Cause I can't fight this feel - (+Bs/r fill) &? 40 V 41 V & V &? - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I - in' an - y - more I've for - got - ten hat I

13 42 V V star-ted fight - in' for nd if I have to cral up-on 43 R Ó 44 the floor : Ó & star-ted fight - in' for Ó come V star-ted fight - in' for Ó hh &? star-ted fight - in' for &? hh V 45 Ó 46 V & en- nis, I can't fight this feel - in' an - y - more crash - in' through your door Lon - ny, I can't fight this feel - in' an - y - more! V hh! &? C m hh sus