CHICAGO, THE MUSICAL – Equity Performer Auditions in SC
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (Hilton Head Island, SC) SPT 7 $434/week AEA minimum
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse
Director/Choreographer: Russell Garrett
Musical Director: Bradley Vieth
General Manager: Richard Feldman
1st rehearsal: May 28. Runs, June 19 – July 28.
Equity Performer Auditions (Principal and Chorus) by APPOINTMENT
Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
11:00AM – 6:00PM 14 Shelter Cove Lane, 2nd floor
Call Back at 6:00PM Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
For an appointment on Hilton Head Island, SC, call Gail Ragland at 843/686-3945 x236 or e-mail
gragland@artshhi.com. Leave name, number and choice of audition times. Times will be confirmed
by phone. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time
permits.
Please prepare a 32 bars of a song either from the show or in the style of the show. Please bring a
picture and resume, stapled together. Accompanist provided. Dance Callbacks are after the call.
For the callbacks, wear clothing that shows off your body. Women, please have character shoes.
All Roles Open
Roxie Hart:
33 – 45 An innocent with the ability to murder; sexy; funny. Actress must be a spectacular dancer in
the Fosse style, with a big, first-rate Broadway belt voice.
Velma Kelly:
30 – 45 Sarcastic, extremely sexy, tough, funny murderer with a keen eye for publicity. Actress must
be a spectacular dancer in the Fosse style, with a big, first-rate Broadway belt voice.
Billy Flynn:
38 – 60 Suave, educated lawyer who can talk and wheedle and persuade anyone to do anything - - his clients literally get away with murder. SeXy, handsome, charming, masculine. Actor must have a wonderful baritone voice and move well.
Amos Hart:
38 - 58. Charming, funny, vulnerable milquetoast of a man, so in love with his wife that he would mortgage anything to pay for her outrageous extravagances. Actor must sing well and be physically adept; a comic-sad character actor.
Matron “Mama” Morton:
37 - 55, any ethnicity. Role requires a great belt voice and a sexy, funny, powerful and tough
character actress.
Mary Sunshine:
Any age, any ethnicity. Male soprano or countertenor who can sing LEGITIMATELY up to a high B
flat. Acts like a good natured talk show hostess, but is actually a high-powered gossip columnist.
Actor must be a good comedian and a GREAT legit singer.
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