APEX Theatre Studio

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CHICAGO (HS VERSION) AUDITIONS

13 - 18+ yrs

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OUR SUMMER MUSICAL IS A SIZZLER! Join Roxie, Velma and the rest of the cell block ladies for some saucy fun! Adapted in collaboration with Kander and Ebb, Chicago (High school version) is content appropriate and flexible. This current Broadway hit about fame, fortune and acquittal will keep audiences tapping their feet.

VELMA KELLY : Female, (Range: Alto, E3-D5)
Vaudeville performer who is accused of murdering her sister and husband. Hardened by fame, she cares for no one but herself and her attempt to get away with murder.
ROXIE HART: Female, (Range: Mezzo-Soprano, F3-B4)
Reads and keeps up with murder trials in Chicago, and follows suit by murdering her lover, Fred Casely. She stops at nothing to render a media storm with one goal: to get away with it.
FRED CASELY: Male, (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Roxie’s short lived lover. Murdered for trying to leave Roxie.
SERGEANT FOGARTY: Male, (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Assigned to Roxie’s case. After asking the right questions, he manages to get Roxie to confess.
AMOS HART: Male, (Range: Baritone, C3-F#4)
Roxie’s faithful husband. Lies for her and tries to take the blame until he realizes that he has been two-timed by Roxie. Still in love with her, or misguided, he believes anything she says in her pursuit to get out of jail.
LIZ: Female, (Range: Ensemble, A3-C#5)
Prisoner at Cook County Jail. She is imprisoned after shooting two warning shots into her husband’s head.
ANNIE: Female, (Range: Ensemble, A3-C#5)
Prisoner at the Cook County Jail. Murder’s her lover after finding out he already has six wives. “One of those Mormons, ya’ know.”
JUNE: Female, (Range: Ensemble, A3-C#5)
Prisoner at Cook County Jail. After her husband accuses her of screwing the milk man, he mysteriously runs into her knife ten times.
HUNYAK: Female, (Range: Non-Singing Role)
Hungarian Prisoner at Cook County Jail. The only English she speaks is the phase, “Not Guilty.” Which follows her to her grave.
MONA: Female, (Range: Ensemble, A3-C#5)
Prisoner at Cook County Jail. Murders her lover after he has a round of affairs with other woman, and an occasional man. I guess you could say it was “artistic differences.”
MARTIN HARRISON: Male (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Ensemble member who doubles as the Master of Ceremonies at times.
MATRON "MAMA" MORTON: Female, (Range: Alto, F#3-Bb4)
Leader of the prisoners of Cook County Jail. The total essence of corruption. Accepts bribes for favors from laundry service to making calls to lawyers. “When you’re good to Moma, Moma’s good to you.”
BILLY FLYNN: Male, (Range: Baritone Bb2-G4)
Established lawyer who hasn’t lost a woman’s case yet. Master of media manipulation who will get a girl off the hook as long as she can fork up the hefty $5,000 fee.
MARY SUNSHINE: Female, (Range: Soprano, Bb3-Bb5)
Sob sister reporter from the Evening Star. Believes there is a little bit of good in everyone and will believe anything she is fed that matches her beliefs.
GO-TO-HELL-KITTY: Female, (Range: Ensemble, A3-C#5)
Steals the spotlight when she Murders her husband along with three other woman. Her crimes are labeled “Lake Shore Drive Massacre.”
HARRY: (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Murdered by Go-To-Hell Kitty for sleeping around with three women behind her back.
AARON: (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Court appointed lawyer for Hunyak. He tries to get her to confess to speed along the trial.
JUDGE: Male, (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Judge overseeing Roxie’s Trial.
COURT CLERK: (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Swears people in with their hand on the bible. “Blah, Blah, Truth, Truth. Selp-you God.”
CHORUS (SATB)

Rehearsal and performance information
Rehearsals will begin Saturday, June 1st and run thru Thursday, June 20th.
Rehearsal times are 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (June 3rd-6th) 3:00-7:30 p.m. (June 10th-14th) 2:00-8:30 p.m. (June 17th-20th) Saturday rehearsals (6/1, 6/8, 6/15) are 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. We do not meet on Sundays.
Performances are Friday, June 21st (8 p.m.), Saturday, June 22nd (2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.) , Sunday, June 23rd (2:00 p.m.) and Friday, June 28th, (8:00 p.m.), Saturday, June 29th (2:00 p.m and 8:00 p.m.) at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Please note some of the principals roles will covered by our VYA (Visiting Young Artists) who will be recruited from the top twenty BFA MT programs across the country.
AUDITIONS: Saturday, March 9th 2019, Apex Theatre Studio. Applicants will receive an audition group slot in late February. The audition will consist of a dance call, vocal audition, and cold readings from the script. Audition groups will be 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. , 12:00 - 1:30, 1:45 -3:00 p.m.


Notes:

Adapted in collaboration with iTheatrics, Kander & Ebb's legendary and award-winning musical about fame, fortune and acquittal is now widely available to be performed by High Schools across the world. Adapted to be content-appropriate and flexible, Chicago: High School Edition has been adapted to remove overtly sexual references, adult language and can be performed by larger and smaller casts

Location

Apex Theatre Studio
Unit 205


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CHICAGO (HS VERSION) AUDITIONS

13 - 18+ yrs

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10:00am - 3:00pm EST

Mar 9, 2019