Sunday, August 16, 2015

Audition Lines for Tales from the Arabian Nights

Scheherazade, Captian of Thieves Ali Baba
Scheherazade:Again the great stone parted for the Captain and his thugs.
Captain: Shut Sesame!
Ali Baba: Fantastic!
Captain: Who's the toughest, roughest, roughest gang of thieves in all of Persia?
Thief: We Are!
Captain: And who can trash a caravan in only fifteen minutes?
Thief: We can!
Captain: Wand Who's got more loot stashed inside this cave than the King of Siam has piled in his palace?
Thief: We do???
Captian: You bet we do! Follow Sesame!
Scheherazade: And once the thieves were finally over the horizon, Ali Baba's curiosity overcame his fear and he tried the magic words himself....
Ali Baba: Open Sesame. Ahhh! Look at all that gold!
Scheherazade: Ali Baba then filled the bags he brought for wood with gold coins.
Ali Baba: Open Sesame, please. They'll never miss this small amount, and I was very cautious. A few from this pile, and few from that. Now, shut sesame! Open...ah Open Sesame. Shut sesame. Open halfway sesame. Shake Sesame. That's fantastic!
Scheherazade: So Ali Baba walked home that day richer than he'd ever dreamt of being.

Actors, Scheherazade, Scimitar
Actor 1: While Scheherazade unraveled marvels and fantastic occurrences....
Actor 2: Of genies and beggars.....
Actor 3: Whirling dervishes and royalty....
Actor4: of unimagined riches and unparalleled adventure....
Chorus: A new tale every night to entertain the Sultan....
Scheherazade: But these stories accomplished more than that...
Actor1: They brought the Sultan back to his senses....
Actor 2: His sense of Justice...
Actor 3: His sense of Humor....
Actor 4: Even his common sense.....
Scheherazade: and the scimitar was not aware of the Sultan's recovery....
Scimitar: Sassoon, Schhhhh-eherazade, you will run out of sssstoriessss.
Scheherazade: And she did.
Scimitar: At lassssst!
Actor 1: On the thousand and first night.....
Actor 2: Scheherazade arrived at her Final tale.......
Scheherazade: Shukat and the Princess Ming.

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