A Chorus Line Page #4

Alan Deluca.

Okay.

I'm Kristine Erlich.

Kristine Evelyn Erlich.

I'm 18 years old. Well,

in last September.

Tell him where you're from.

I'm from St. Louis...

Missouri.

Oh! And my married name is Deluca.

Great!

Congratulations, Al. I didn't know.

Thanks.

Hi.

As far as I'm concerned,

I'm Valerie Clarke...

but my parents seem to think

I'm Margaret Mary Hoolihan.

Couldn't you just die?

I was born in the middle of nowhere.

I mean, it wasn't even a town, really.

Near Arlington, Vermont.

How old are you?

Old.

and a half.

Mark Anthony, I think,

is going to be my stage name.

I'm really Mark Philip Tabori

from Tempe, Arizona.

I'm 17 years old,

and if I get this show,

I'll work real hard.

Jesus.

-Paul San Marco, that's my stage name.

-Sorry to bother you.

My real name is Ephrain Ramirez.

I was born in Spanish Harlem...

Could you hold it a minute?

Sorry. Uh...

Paul, was it?

Paul San Marco, that's my stage name.

My real name is Ephrain Ramirez.

I was born in Spanish Harlem

and I'm 22 years old.

My name is Diana Morales.

I didn't change it

because I thought ethnic was in.

Born 04-10-62,

on a Hollywood bed in the Bronx.

Go on, Diana.

Go on what?

I gave you my picture and resum.

Everything's on the back.

Tell me what's not on it.

Like what?

Tell me about the Bronx.

What's to tell about the Bronx?

It's uptown and to the right.

What made you start dancing?

Who knows?

I'm Puerto Rican.

We jump around a lot.

Look, you want to know if I can act?

Give me a scene to read. I'll act.

I'll perform.

But I can't just talk.

Please, I'm too nervous.

You want the job, don't you?

Of course I want the job.

Back in line.

Before we do any more dancing,

we'll do a lot of dancing later,

let me explain what I'm doing.

This is not gonna be

like other auditions.

-I'm looking for a strong chorus...

-I'm sorry, what?

...people who can work together

as a group...

but I'm going to try to shake you up,

see who you really are.

We've got some small

but important parts...

to be played by people in the chorus.

Since I need great dancers,

I can't expect you all

to be great actors.

So I don't want anybody...

to try to act.

Understand?

Just be exactly who you are,

which is just as important to me

as how well you dance.

I'm going to ask you some questions.

What I want to know is

details about yourselves.

Things you're proud of,

things you're ashamed of.

So if anybody can't handle it

and wants to leave,

right now is the time

to make up your mind.

-Honey?

-What?

Could we please go?

We're going to be fine.

Okay...

Stay. We're Puerto Ricans. They say

we're ashamed of everything.

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