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Audition Requirements Please be prepared to: - Sing 32 bars of a Broadway song NOT from Chicago (you must sing with accompaniment or with a cd with NO vocals) - Read a memorized 1 minute monologue of your choice - Complete an intensive dance audition taught by the show choreographer Auditions will begin PROMPTLY at 6:30 PM - arrive at least ten to fifteen minutes early to fill out paperwork and be ready to START at 6:30 PM Show Description
"Murder, greed,
corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery--all those
things we hold near and dear to our hearts." Rehearsals Rehearsals will be Monday and Thursday nights from 6:30 to 9:30 PM and Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Rehearsals will begin on Monday, August 18, 2008. Tech week will be from Sunday, November 9 through Wednesday, November 12. No excuses will be accepted during this week. Performances will be the evenings of Thursday, November 13, Friday, November 14, and Saturday, November 15 as well as matinee performances on Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16. Please make sure you can fully commit to the rehearsal and performance schedules before auditioning. Because of the difficulty level of the show, very few conflicts will be accepted. We understand fall is a busy time, but you must be willing to make this show your number one priority. Actors Needed All actors aged 15 to 25 may audition (you must be 15 by the date of the first performance). We strongly encourage experienced dancers to audition for the show. Please also remember for your vocal audition you must be prepared to sing 32 bars of your song with our provided accompanist or with a cd track with no vocals. We also ask that you have the song memorized and are not looking at words off of a paper. The same goes for your monologue - it should be memorized and as close to 1 minute as possible. Characters Lead Roles Available Velma Kelly - a vaudeville star and murderess with a keen eye for publicity; she is sarcastic, tough, funny, and a spectacular dancer Roxie Hart - an innocent want-to-be vaudeville star thrust into the spotlight after killing her lover; she is naive and funny, and a spectacular dancer Billy Flynn - the best criminal lawyer in Chicago who can persuade anyone to do anything; he is handsome, charming, a "ladies man", he must move well Matron "Mama" Morton - Matron of the ladies prison, she is a funny, powerful, tough character actress with a great belt voice Amos Hart - the milquetoast, doormat husband of Roxie willing to do anything for his wife; he is a funny, charming, vulnerable character actor Mary Sunshine - a good natured, high powered gossip columnist eager to believe a sob story; she must be a good comedienne and operatic soprano
Supporting Roles Available Liz - merry murderess of the Cook County jail; "Pop" Annie - merry murderess of the Cook County jail; "Six" June - merry murderess of the Cook County jail; "Squish" Hunyak - merry murderess of the Cook County jail, she is Hungarian and "not guilty"; "Uh uh" Mona - merry murderess of the Cook County jail; "Lipschitz" Fred Casely - Roxie's lover, murdered when he walks out on her Master of Ceremonies - Introduces some songs and acts as narrator at times
Additional Roles Available Sergeant Fogarty - Arrives at the scene of Roxie's murder Go-To-Hell-Kitty - crazy murderess who killed her husband and his three mistresses Harry - Kitty's husband Doctor - examines the "pregnant" Roxie Hart Aaron - the court appointed lawyer of Hunyak The Judge - presides over the trial of Roxie Hart Martin Harrison - attorney for the state prosecution Court Clerk - swears in the witnesses The Jury/Foreman - one person who acts as all the members of the jury Harry's mistresses - killed by Kitty when found in bed with her husband First Reporter - reporter on the Roxie case Second Reporter - reporter on the Roxie case Third Reporter - reporter on the Roxie case Fourth Reporter - reporter on the Roxie case Fifth Reporter - reporter on the Roxie case Sixth Reporter - reporter on the Roxie case
Dance Roles Available "All That Jazz" dancers "Cell Block Tango" background dancers "All I Care About" dancers "We Both Reached For The Gun" reporters/dancers "Roxie" dancers "Me and My Baby" dancers "Razzle Dazzle" dancers "When Velma Takes the Stand" quartette
Singing Roles Available "My Own Best Friend" Chorus Courtroom Company
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