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

“Lost” from The Laurels: a young woman runs through a dark forest, filled with anxiety and haunted by disturbing memories.

“Ava at the piano” from Rocking Horse Winner: Ava discloses how far she’s fallen from her former wealth, and how difficult she finds caring for her needy son.

“Cool Mountain Water” from Iron Road: Lai Gwan compares her love for Nichol with the pull of the cool mountain water.

“Leylines” from Pomegranate: Cass, a young woman, walks the streets alone, remembering her lost love Suzie.

“This is Our House” from Shelter: Hope, an extremely sheltered young woman, describes the boring domestic routines of her parents, longing to leave the family house.

“Psychoanalysis” from Jacqueline: cellist Jacqueline du Pré experiences symptoms of MS, but her physical illness is undiagnosed, and she is told it is psychosomatic.

“Strange Dreams” from Proving Up: in drought-ridden 1870s Nebraska, a mother sleepwalks to the graves of her daughters and sings about what ties her to the land.