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The Best Audition Songs for Teens – By Vocal Type

Last Updated: May 18, 2025

Are you getting ready for an important audition? Well, first you should check out our giant database of audition songs for specific musicals. But if your show hasn’t yet been covered by us, or if you’re just looking to expand your repertoire,  you can go through this list of audition songs for teens.

And here’s our matching “Audition Songs for Teens” Spotify Playlist!


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Altos

Alyssa Greene” – The Prom

I Can Hear the Bells” – Hairspray

Kindergarten Boyfriend” – Heathers

Live Out Loud” – A Little Princess

Once You See” – Carrie

One Perfect Moment” – Bring It On

The Girl Who Drove Away” – The Mad Ones


Baritones

All That’s Known” – Spring Awakening

And You Don’t Even Know It” – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Michael in the Bathroom” – Be More Chill

Role of a Lifetime” – Bare

Santa Fe” – Newsies

Stop” – Mean Girls

The Kid Inside” – Is There Life After High School?


Basses

Aftershocks” – Next to Normal

Heartbeat” – Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

Johanna” – Sweeney Todd

On the Street Where You Live” – My Fair Lady

One Last Kiss” – Bye Bye Birdie

Reindeers Are Better Than People” – Frozen

Waitin’ For The Light to Shine” – Big River


Contras

All I Need Is an Angel” – Grease Live!

Bouncing Off the Walls” – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

How Can I Wait?” – Paint Your Wagon

It Means Beautiful” – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Just Breathe” – The Prom

Those Magic Changes” – Grease

Wait and See” – Fangirls


Psst… Here’s where you can find out your vocal type!


Mezzo-Sopranos

Beyond My Wildest Dreams” – The Little Mermaid

Dead Mom” – Beetlejuice

Let’s Play a Love Scene” – Fame

Little Lamb” – Gypsy

My Grand Plan” – The Lightning Thief

Requiem” – Dear Evan Hansen

What It Means to Be a Friend” – 13


Sopranos

Ice Cream” – Anne of Green Gables

In My Own Little Corner” – Cinderella

Love Makes the World Go ‘Round” – Carnival

Mabel’s Prayer” – Fame

One Boy” – Bye Bye Birdie

Saturday Alone” – Calvin Berger

Superboy and the Invisible Girl” – Next to Normal


Tenors

Dreamer in Disguise” – Carrie

Enjoy the Trip” – Bring It On

Freeze Your Brain” – Heathers

I Want to Make Magic” – Fame

Seventeen” – Tuck Everlasting

The Wall in My Head” – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Winter’s on the Wing” – The Secret Garden


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Author: Stacy Karyn

Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album ListShe holds a BA in theatre and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.

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