Chicago: Teen Edition
Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins / Script adaptation by David Thompson
AUDITION DATES
Monday, May 4th and Tuesday, May 5th at 7 PM.
Registration opens at 6:30 PM and closes at 7:30 PM.
Auditions will be held at the Players Guild of Dearborn: 21730 Madison, Dearborn, MI 48124
PERFORMANCE DATES: JULY 23-26, 2026
Production team information and audition materials forthcoming.
*Changes made for the Teen Edition*
(1) Removal of adult language and overtly sexual references
(2) Removal of “Class” and “A Bit of Good”
(3) Transposed keys to better accommodate teen voices
In “Roaring Twenties” Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap… until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess,” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the “American Dream”: fame, fortune, and acquittal.
CHARACTER LIST:
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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. Murders 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 milkman, 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 phrase, “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 women, and an occasional man. I guess you could say it was “artistic differences.”
SERGEANT FOGARTY: Male (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Assigned to Roxie’s case. After asking the right questions, he manages to get Roxie to confess.
MARTIN HARRISON: Male (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
Ensemble member who doubles as the Master of Ceremonies at times.
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 women. 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.”
Ensemble (SATB)\\