Are you a baritone looking for your next audition aria? Show off your acting chops with these dramatic options!

 

Looking for something serious? Try “You can understand all you want” from The Translator: Colonel Crane tersely tells military translator Alessandra to lose what her perceives as her naive sense of morality. Or try “What I feel” from Elsewhereless: Malcolm, the housekeeper at a Canadian Ambassador’s residence, describes his sense of suspension in time and space as he hears gunshots outside.

Want something horror-themed? How about “The square root…” from Nigredo Hotel: Ray, a neurosurgeon, frantically tries to calm himself by reciting scientific jargon, while a strange being claiming to be his own child self tries to open the door to his hotel room. Or “I have killed seventeen” from Pub Operas: A serial killer recounts his prior murders.

If you’re looking for something a bit lighter in tone, try “Many years ago” from The Shaman’s Tale: A Shaman introduces the audience to his newest clients, a man and woman hoping to have a child. Or “Ladies and Gentlemen” from The Perfect Screw: P. L. Robertson playfully demonstrates the new “automatic spiral ratchet spring-loaded screw driver,” affectionately called the “Yankee.”