In roaring twenties Chicago, chorus girl 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.
DIRECTION
David Hopkins
TECHNICAL DIRECTION
Sim Jones
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Nathan Schreer
Choreography by Ann-Marie Sepe
CAST
(In Order of Appearance)
VELMA KELLY - Sarah Charles Lewis
ROXIE HART - Addi Bendall
FRED CASELY - Cole Hogan
SERGEANT FOGARTY - Rohan Dhume
AMOS HART - Pierce Rossman
MERRY MURDERESS
LIZ - Madeline Parker
ANNIE - Parker Mitchell
JUNE - Montana Coleman
HUNYAK - Olivia Owens
MONA - Sammy Azua
MARTIN HARRISON - Jackson Dunlap
MATRON "MAMA" MORTON - Bailey Byrdsong
BILLY FLYNN - Collier Rogers
MARY SUNSHINE - Emma Stratman
GO-TO-HELL-KITTY - Alina Wiley
HARRY - Doc Hopkins
THE JUDGE - Rohan Dhume
COURT CLERK - Peyton Nobrega
REPORTER - Regan Williams
JUROR ONE - Sally Blumberg
ENSEMBLE
Felipe Cristancho
Sarah DeVoe
Blake Ferrante
Grace Haupert
Christian Mayer
Jack Peznola
Peyton Werner
TECH CREW
STAGE MANAGER - Carly Foskey
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER - Brayden Vaught
COSTUME DESIGNER - Kate Hartigan
LIGHT OPERATOR - Kat Fletcher
SOUND - Liz Wilder & Maddie Painter
SPOTLIGHT - Casper Jones & Teddy Sambol
STAGE CREW
Genevieve Chism
Justin Galde
Molly Gazdziak
Kate Hartigan
Maddison McWilliams
Jackson Meador
Sofia Roscoe
Vance Visger
ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR - Chris Shumick
TRUMPET - Aidan McHugh
CLARINET - Alex Boswell
ALTO SOPRANO SAXOPHON - Ananya Ashok
TRUMPET - Anna Paulus
TROMBONE - Ashton Roth
PIANO - Caroline Malcom
BASS CLARINET - Chloe Enderle
TRUMPET - Chris Fitzpatrick
VIOLIN - Edward Nickerson
TENOR SAXOPHONE - Ethan Shen
BANJO - Ethan Tai
PICCOLO - Gabby Pace
CLARINET - Grace Taheri
TROMBONE - Jonathan Cowles
TUBA - Kyla Hampson
VIOLIN - Edward Nickerson
PIANO - Mira Eashwaran
BASS - Nathan Smith
FLUTE - Nicole Nelson
BARITONE SAXOPHONE - Owen Jones
PICCOLO - Sarah Green
SOPRANO SAXOPHONE - Taylor Montgomery
DRUMS - Zachary Smith
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
(In Order of Appearance)
Velma Kelly
Vaudville 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
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
Roxie’s short lived lover. Murdered for trying to leave Roxie.
Sergeant Fograty
Assigned to Roxie’s case. After asking the right questions, he manages to get Roxie to confess.
Amos Hart
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
Prisoner at Cook County Jail. She is imprisoned after shooting two warning shots into her husband’s head.
Annie
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
Prisoner at Cook County Jail. After her husband accuses her of screwing the milk man, he mysteriously runs into her knife ten times.
Hunyak
Hungarian Prisoner at Cook County Jail. The only English she speaks is the phase, “Not Guilty.” Which follows her to her grave.
Mona
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
Chicago’s District Attorney.
Matron “Mama” Morton
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
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
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
Steals the spotlight when she Murders her husband along with three other woman. Her crimes are labeled “Lake Shore Drive Massacre”.
Harry
Murdered by Go-To-Hell Kitty for sleeping around with three women behind her back.
The Judge
Judge overseeing Roxie’s Trial.
Court Clerk
A mild-mannered court clerk present at Roxie’s Trial.
*Presented by arrangement with Samuel French, Inc