Principal roles
Playing age: 18+
Voice: Wide vocal ranges
Principal positions are available in the Broadway and National Touring Companies of Wicked.
- Ability to move well
- Fantastic voices
Auditions for “Wicked” on Broadway Coming To Chicago – Singers
Universal Stage Productions
Audition · Chicago
- Roles
- Principal roles · 18+; Ensemble roles · 18+
- Pay
- The theatre hasn’t listed the pay Full terms
- Auditions
- Oct 5, 2026
- Commitment
- Check the full schedule below
Who they’re looking for
Performers ages 18 and older, any ethnicity and gender; authorization to legally work in the United States is required.
Ensemble roles
Playing age: 18+
Voice: Wide vocal ranges
Ensemble positions are available in the Broadway and National Touring Companies of Wicked.
- Ability to move well
- Fantastic voices
Playing age, Equity, understudy… what do these mean?
Playing age is how old a character appears, which may differ from your own age. Equity is the actors’ union; check each theatre’s eligibility rules. An understudy learns a role to perform when the main actor is unavailable.
What does it pay?
The theatre hasn’t listed the pay
Dates & location
Callbacks
Sep 9, 2025
Potential callbacks are scheduled for September 9, 2025.
Auditions
Oct 5, 2026
Doors will not open until 10:00 a.m., and singers must arrive prior to 12:30 p.m. to be considered. Sign-up begins at 10:30am. You must arrive by 1:00pm to be considered. Please do not arrive prior to 10:30am.
Callbacks
Oct 6, 2026
Potential callbacks will occur on October 6, 2026.
Auditions location
Ballet Chicago
17 North State Street, 19th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602 Chicago
Open the download in your calendar app to add the dates and a reminder the day before.
What to prepare
Help with headshots, résumés, and self-tapes
A headshot is a clear photo of you. An acting résumé lists your performance experience and training. A self-tape is a recorded audition video. Sides are the short script excerpts the theatre asks you to perform. Follow this theatre’s specific instructions.
How to apply
Sign-up begins at 10:30am. Please do not arrive prior to 10:30am. You must arrive by 1:00pm to be considered. Prepare to sing a cappella 16 bars of a contemporary musical theatre song showing range. Sopranos may sing 16 bars of a traditional legit musical theatre song showing range. Please also bring sheet music in case you are asked to sing with piano accompaniment. Please bring a photo/resume stapled together.
Read the theatre’s instructions →Opens the original posting.
Contact: Telsey Office (audition host)
Before you apply
- Arrival instructions differ: “singers must arrive prior to 12:30 p.m. to be considered” versus “You must arrive by 1:00pm to be considered.” The source also says “Doors will not open until 10:00 a.m.” and “Please do not arrive prior to 10:30am.”
- Potential callback dates differ: “Potential callbacks are scheduled for September 9, 2025” and “Potential callbacks will occur on October 6, 2026.”
Production & casting team
- Producing company
- Universal Stage Productions
- Production
- Wicked
No casting or creative-team names are available here yet. Check the original posting for more information.
Listed contact: Telsey Office (audition host)
Full posting and updates
Open Chicago call for singers seeking principal and ensemble positions in Wicked's Broadway and National Touring Companies. Performers must be at least 18 and have authorization to work legally in the United States. Prepare 16 bars of a contemporary musical theatre song a cappella; sopranos may sing a traditional legit selection. Bring sheet music and a photo/resume stapled together. The page lists potential callbacks for October 6, 2026, and September 9, 2025.
We last checked the posting on Sep 29, 2026. The theatre may have updated it since.
What changed?
Production & casting team · Sep 29, 2026
Not specified →
Status · Sep 29, 2026
expired → active
Schedule · Sep 29, 2026
Not specified → Description: Potential callbacks are scheduled for September 9, 2025.
End: 2025-09-09
Kind: callback
Start: 2025-09-09
Description: Doors will not open until 10:00 a.m., and singers must arrive prior to 12:30 p.m. to be considered. Sign-up begins at 10:30am. You must arrive by 1:00pm to be considered. Please do not arrive prior to 10:30am.
End: 2026-10-05
Kind: audition
Start: 2026-10-05
Description: Potential callbacks will occur on October 6, 2026.
End: 2026-10-06
Kind: callback
Start: 2026-10-06
Roles · Sep 29, 2026
Description: Principal positions in the two North American productions of Wicked.
Name: Principal
Skills: Outstanding voice
Ability to move well
Status: open
Vocal range: Strong vocal range
Description: Ensemble positions in the two North American productions of Wicked.
Name: Ensemble
Skills: Outstanding voice
Ability to move well
Status: open
Vocal range: Strong vocal range → Description: Principal positions are available in the Broadway and National Touring Companies of Wicked.
Name: Principal roles
Playing age: 18+
Skills: Ability to move well
Fantastic voices
Status: open
Vocal range: Wide vocal ranges
Description: Ensemble positions are available in the Broadway and National Touring Companies of Wicked.
Name: Ensemble roles
Playing age: 18+
Skills: Ability to move well
Fantastic voices
Status: open
Vocal range: Wide vocal ranges
Eligibility · Sep 29, 2026
→ Performers ages 18 and older, any ethnicity and gender; authorization to legally work in the United States is required.
Audition end · Sep 29, 2026
→ 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z
How to apply · Sep 29, 2026
→ Instructions: Sign-up begins at 10:30am. Please do not arrive prior to 10:30am. You must arrive by 1:00pm to be considered. Prepare to sing a cappella 16 bars of a contemporary musical theatre song showing range. Sopranos may sing 16 bars of a traditional legit musical theatre song showing range. Please also bring sheet music in case you are asked to sing with piano accompaniment. Please bring a photo/resume stapled together.
Materials: 16 bars of a contemporary musical theatre song, sung a cappella, showing range
Sopranos may sing 16 bars of a traditional legit musical theatre song showing range
Sheet music in case piano accompaniment is requested
Photo/resume stapled together
Method: in_person
Timezone: America/Chicago