Stage Manager lines for "The Audition"

Kelley: Hello, I was here for the audition? Im a little early. I hope you don’t mind—

What is your audition time?

Kelley: 1:57

AM or PM?

Kelley: Uh…PM. 1:57 PM.

You’re early.

Kelley: What time is it?

1:56 P.M, so please wait outside.

Kelley: I was just hoping to—-

Please, wait outside!

Kelley: Sure

Thank you. (waits) NEXT! Send in the next victim…uh…I mean actor, please! Next!

Kelley: Hi, I was the next—-

Just head out to the center of the stage, and please, don’t touch anything. (waits until Kelley is at center stage) That’s far enough.

Kelley: Hi, my name is—

No contact please.

Kelley: Sure.

Don’t step on the spike tape, please.

Kelley: But there isn’t any spike time.

Please don’t touch the tape.

Kelley: But, I —-

Don’t touch. Its for our current production.

Kelley: What current production? It’s a blank stage.

Its a Beckett piece.

Kelley: Ah. I love waiting for Godot. You know I once…

Off the tape!

Kelley: Im sorry. U just don’t see any tape.

Its there.

Kelley: Where?

In your mind

Kelley: Huh?

Please face straight out and address our director sitting in the back of the theater.

Kelley: Okay

Could you take a step stage right. Thats house right.

Kelley: Your right?

Your right.

Kelley: …I’ll be doing a monologue from a piece entitled the applesauce pig.

You have two minutes.

Kelley: Whats that?

You have one minute and fifty-five seconds.

Kelley: Im sorry wheres that coming from?

Over here.

Kelley: Over where?

Stage left. That’s house left.

Kelley: Is this a joke or something?

No. I don’t joke. You’re standing on a spike.

Kelley: Excuse me?

Your standing on spike tape.

Kelley: Who are you? Are you the same lady that—-

You have one minute

Kelley: One minute until what?

Please don’t stand on the spike.

Kelley: Sorry.

Fifty-five seconds.

Kelley: Just tell me who you are.

I’m the stage Manager.

Oh. Well its very nice to meet you. My name is Kelley, and—-

You have forty seconds.

Kelley: Forty seconds for what?

Your piece. We are running a bit behind schedule due to other