Auditioning for Maybel in Pirates of Penzance?

Look at other music written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Might I suggest the show "The Mikado." The stories are actually quite similar, and the characters "Yum-Yum" and "Katisha" both have soprano solos. "Alone and Yet Alive" is my favorite from the show, but "The Sun Whose Rays are All Ablaze" would also work.

For a second song, you could go to songs from Les Miserables. "I Dreamed a Dream" and "On My Own," work well for your voice.

You will forgive me for not being excited about yet another production of Pirates of Penzance which was FIRST PERFORMED IN 1879 and just so DATED that any time I see some high school doing it yet again, I know they must have a performing arts program that is so under funded it doesn't deserve the name or classification. The ONLY reason for doing Pirates is.. the school has no money.

That being said.. Pirates is the first musical I was ever in and I can still perform I AM THER VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR GENERAL and WEEEE SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE.. AND OUR SAUCY SHIP'S A BEAUTYYYYYY.. et. I hated that musical when I wasa 14 and I still hate it today

Here are some songs you can use for auditioning.

13 THE SONG.. 13 The Musical

A NEW LIFE... Jekyll and Hyde\

A QUIET THING... Flora the Red Menace

A WHOLE NEW WORLD... Aladdin

ARKANSAS... Big river

AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME.. Oliver

BACK TO BEFORE.. Ragtime

BACKWOOODS BARBIE.. 9 to 5

BIG SPENDER... Sweet Charity

BUENOS AIRES... Evita

CABARET.. Cabaret

CHIEF COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER.. The Rink

COLOR OF THE WIND... Pocahonta

COOL, COOL CONSIDERATE MEN.. 1776

DANCE 10, LOOKS 3... A Chorus Line

DIVA'S LAMENT.. Spamalot

DO I HEAR A WALTZ?... Do I Hear a Waltz?

DOROTHY MAE... Best little Whorehouse in Texas

EASY TO BE HARD.. Hair

EVERYTHING ELSE.. Next to Normal

FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE.. The Boys from Syracuse

FORGET ABOUT THE BOY.. Thoroughly Modern Millie

GLITTER AND BE GAY ... Candide

GRAND AVENUE... Flower Drum Song

GROWING UP CATHOLIC.. Nonsense

HE VAS MY BOYFRIEND... The Young Frankenstein

HOME... Beauty and the Beast

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU.. Grease

I BELIEVE IN LOVE... Hairspray

I GOT RHYTHM... Girl Crazy

I HAD A BALL... I had a ball

I WANT IT ALL.. Baby

IF MOMMA WERE MARRIED... Gypsy

JUST YOU WAIT... My Fair Lady

KEYS .. Passing Strange

LITTLE GIRL BLUE.. Jumbo

LOOK TO THE RAINBOW... Finian's Rainbow

LULLABY OF BROADWAY... 42nd Street

MAYBE... Annie

MORE TO THE STORY... Shrek the Musical

NOBODY'S SIDE... Chess

NOONE IS ALONE.. Into the Woods

100 WAYS TO LOSE A MAN.. Wonderful Town

OOH! MY FEET... The most happy fella

ON MY OWN.. Les Miserables

ONCE UPON A DECEMBER.... Anastasia

PARIS BY NIGHT.. Victor Victoria

PART OF YOUR WORLD.. The Little Mermaid

PURLIE... Purlie

ROXIW... Chicago

RAGS... Rags

SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT... Peter Pan

SHINE... Billy Elliot

SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER.. The Producers

STARS AND THE MOON.. Songs for a new World

STRIKE UP THE BAND.. My one and Only

THE CALLING.. Altar Boyz

THE WIZARD AND I... Wicked

THINK OF ME.. Phantom of the Opera

UNDER THE TREE.. Celebration

UNEXPECTED SONG.. Song and Dance

WHAT COULD BE BETTER... Baby

WHERE OR WIN.. Babes in Arms

WITH ON LOOK.. Sunset Boulevard

YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE.. A Tale of Two Cities

Good Luck

For "Pirates", attempt "Moonfall" from "The secret of Edwin Drood". For the two or the two, attempt "Pirate Jenny" from "The Threepenny Opera". that is as lots an workout in performing as singing.