LION KING AUDITION SIDES

SIDE #1 - SIMBA & NALA

SIMBA
Isn’t this a great place?

NALA It is beautiful.

SIMBA And there’s lots more you haven’t even seen yet.

NALA Simba, I don’t understand. You’ve been alive all this time. Why didn’t you come back to Pride Rock?

SIMBA And leave paradise?

NALA Simba, Scar let the hyenas take over the Pridelands!

SIMBA What?!?

NALA Everything’s destroyed. There’s no food, no water. If we go back together, we can do something about it.

SIMBA I can’t go back.

NALA Why?

SIMBA It doesn’t matter. Hakuna matata.

NALA What?

SIMBA Hakuna matata. It’s something I learned out here. Look, sometimes bad things happen and there’s nothing you can do about it. So why worry?

NALA What’s happened to you? You’re not the Simba I remember.

SIMBA You’re right. I’m not. Are you satisfied?!?

NALA No. Just disappointed.

SIMBA You know, you’re beginning to sound like my father.

NALA Good! At least one of us does!
 

SIDE #2 YOUNG SIMBA & MUFASA

YOUNG SIMBA Are we there yet?!? (MUFASA climbs Pride Rock.)

MUFASA (chuckling) Yes, we are. Come sit by me. (looks out over the Pridelands) Look, Simba: Everything the light touches is our kingdom.

YOUNG SIMBA Wow…

MUFASA A king’s time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Simba, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king.

YOUNG SIMBA And this’ll all be mine?

MUFASA Everything.

YOUNG SIMBA (points in the distance) What about that shadowy place way out there?

MUFASA That’s beyond our borders. You must never go there, Simba.

YOUNG SIMBA But I thought a king can do whatever he wants.

MUFASA Well, there’s a lot more to being king than getting your way all the time.

YOUNG SIMBA (pointing) Dad, what are those birds over there?

MUFASA They’re buzzards.

YOUNG SIMBA They’re scary. Why don’t you chase ’em away?

MUFASA They’re doing what they’re supposed to do. Everything exists in a delicate balance. As king, you need to respect all creatures – from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.

SIDE #3 SCAR & YOUNG SIMBA

(SCAR lounges in the shade. YOUNG SIMBA enters.)

YOUNG SIMBA Hey, Uncle Scar! Guess what? I’m gonna be king of Pride Rock!

SCAR Oh, goodie. Well, forgive me for not leaping for joy. Bad back, you know.

YOUNG SIMBA My dad just showed me the whole kingdom! And I’m gonna rule it all!

SCAR (scheming) Really? He didn’t show you what’s beyond that rise at the northern border, did he?

YOUNG SIMBA Well, no. He said I can’t go there.

SCAR And he’s absolutely right! It’s far too dangerous. Only the bravest of lions go there.

YOUNG SIMBA Well, I’m brave. What’s out there?

SCAR I’m sorry, Simba… I just can’t tell you.

YOUNG SIMBA Why not?

SCAR An elephant graveyard is no place for a young prince.

YOUNG SIMBA An elephant what?

SCAR Oops.

YOUNG SIMBA Whoa!

SCAR Oh dear, I’ve said too much. Well, I suppose you’d have found out sooner or later – you being so clever and all. Just promise me you’ll never visit that dreadful place.

YOUNG SIMBA No problem, Uncle Scar.

SCAR There’s a good lad. You run along now and have fun. And remember: It’s our little secret.

SIDE # 4 RAFIKI & SIMBA

SIMBA She’s wrong. I can’t go back. What would it prove, anyway? It won’t change anything. (SIMBA sits. The silence is interrupted by an odd little tune.)

RAFIKI (offstage) TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA… (dances on and taunts SIMBA) TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA…

SIMBA Will ya cut it out?

RAFIKI Can’t cut it out. It’ll grow right back! (SIMBA walks away. RAFIKI follows.)
TAMATISO, A SO, A HELELE MA… TAMATISO, A SO—

SIMBA Who are you?

RAFIKI The question is: Who are you?

SIMBA I thought I knew. Now I’m not so sure.

RAFIKII know who you are. You’re Mufasa’s boy.

SIMBA You knew my father?

RAFIKI Correction. I know your father.

SIMBA I hate to tell you this, but my father died a long time ago.

RAFIKI Nope. Wrong again! He’s alive! I’ll show him to you. Shhhh... Look down there. (SIMBA anxiously, cautiously approaches a pool of water. He looks in and sees the reflection of a lion.)

SIMBA That’s not my father. It’s just my reflection.

RAFIKI No... Look harder...
 

SIDE # 5 BANZAI, SHENZI, ED

BANZAI That Lousy Mufasa. I won't be able to sit for a week!

SHENZI If it weren't for those pushy lions, we'd be running the joint!

ED Hee-hee-hee.... SCAR ENTERS.
SCAR emerges from the shadows with a scrap of carrion.)

SCAR Oh, surely we lions are not all that bad. (The HYENAS gasp... until they recognize SCAR and heave sighs of relief.)

BANZAI Oh, Scar. It's just you.

SHENZI Yeah, we were afraid it was somebody important.

BANZAI Yeah, you know -like Mufasa.

SHENZI Oh, I just hear that name and I shudder. 

BANZAI Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa... (SHENZI shudders as BANZAI and ED laugh uncontrollably.)

SCAR I'm surrounded by idiots.

BANZAI Hey, did'ja bring us anything to eat, Scar old buddy, old pal? Huh?

SHENZI, BANZAI Did'ja-did'ja-did'ja?

SCAR I don't think you really deserve this. I practically gift-wrapped those cubs for you! (SCAR tosses his carrion to the HYENAS,who dive in and eat voraciously, speaking with their mouths full.) SHENZI Well, ya know, it wasn't like they were exactly alone, Scar.

BANZAI Yeah, what were we supposed to do, kill Mufasa?

SCAR Precisely.
 

SIDE # 6 TIMON & PUMBA

TIMON, PUMBAA (offstage, war-whooping) Eeeee-yaaaaa! (PUMBAA and TIMON enter and charge at the birds, which scatter.)

TIMON Get out! Get out! Get out of here!

PUMBAA I love this! Bowlin’ for buzzards! (sniffs YOUNG SIMBA) Uh-oh. Hey, Timon, ya better come look. I think it’s still alive.

TIMON All righty... what have we got here? (realizing) Yikes, it’s a lion! Run, Pumbaa! Move it!

PUMBAA Aw, Timon – look at him. He’s so cute and all alone. Can we keep him?

TIMON Pumbaa, are you nuts? You’re talking about a lion! Lions eat guys like us!

PUMBAA But he’s so little.

TIMON He’s gonna get bigger!

PUMBAA Maybe he’ll be on our side!

TIMON That’s the stupidest thing I ever heard. (light bulb) Hey! I’ve got it! What if he’s on our side? Ya know, havin’ a lion around might not be such a bad idea!
 

SIDE # 7 ZAZU, YOUNG SIMBA & YOUNG NALA

ZAZU Step lively! The sooner we get to the waterhole, the sooner we can leave!
(SIMBA and NALA whisper conspiratorially.)

YOUNG NALA So where’re we really goin’?

YOUNG SIMBA An elephant graveyard.

YOUNG NALA (loudly) Wow!

YOUNG SIMBA Shhhh! Zazu...

YOUNG NALA Right. So how’re we gonna ditch the dodo? (YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA huddle. ZAZU, thrilled, flies to them.)

ZAZU Oh, just look! Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savanna! And one day you two will be married!

YOUNG NALA Yuck!/Eewwww!

YOUNG SIMBA I can’t marry her. She’s my friend.

YOUNG NALA Yeah. It’d be too weird.

ZAZU Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you two turtle doves have no choice. It’s a tradition going back generations.

YOUNG SIMBA Well, when I’m king, that’ll be the first thing to go.

ZAZU Not so long as I’m around.

YOUNG SIMBA In that case, you’re fired.

ZAZU Nice try. But only the king can do that.

YOUNG NALA Well, he is the future king.

YOUNG SIMBA Yeah! So you have to do what I tell you!

ZAZU Not yet, I don’t! And with an attitude like that, I’m afraid you will be a pretty pathetic king, indeed!

YOUNG SIMBA Not the way I see it!
 

SIDE # 8 SARABI & SCAR

SCAR Sarabi!!!
(SARABI enters with head held high and walks the gauntlet of hostile HYENAS.)
Where is your hunting party? They're not doing their job.

SARABI Scar, there is no food. The herds have moved on. We must leave Pride Rock.

SCAR
We're not going anywhere.

SARABI
Then you are sentencing us to death.

SCAR
So be it.

SARABI
If you were half the king Mufasa was-

SCAR
I am ten times the king Mufasa was!