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

 

If you’re looking for something serious and dramatic, try “America died in that cell” from The Translator: traumatized by her experiences, Alessandra reflects on her work as a translator in an American military prison. Or, “Oubliette,” a stand-alone piece: having escaped forced confinement in a basement, a girl approaches a stranger, trying to remember her past.

Want something more contemplative? How about “Sea Anemone” from Facing South: Josephine Peary, the long-suffering wife of American Arctic explorer Robert Edwin Peary, wonders what discovery is worth. Or for something more contemporary, in “Once upon a time…” from Ice Time, a figure skating coach reminisces about her own time in the competition spotlight.

Or, if you’re looking for comedy, try “Charlie, please listen…” from The Virgin Charlie: the Virgin Mary explains to Charlie, a drag queen, why he has been chosen to carry the child of God. Or maybe “Hmm… he cuts quite a figure” from The Perfect Screw: in the afterlife, Henry Ford invites P. L. Robertson to present his new Canadian model of screwdriver.