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"Urinetown"
Audition Dates | Sunday, August 17th & Monday August 18th at 7:00PM
Location | The Scenic Theatre - Pittsfield, NH
Show Dates | November 14th, 15th, 21st, & 22nd at 7:30PM
and November 16th 2:00PM
Director: Jeff Crowell-Gregoire
Assistant Director: Sarah Manter
AUDITION INFORMATION:
Please choose one of the following songs to sing a selection from:
You are encouraged to fill out our audition sheet ahead of time, but you MUST audition in person, and walk-ins are welcome.
SYNOPSIS:
Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms.
In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the "comedic romp" into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.
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Run, Freedom, Run!
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Tell Her I Love Her
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Urinetown
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We're Not Sorry
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We're Not Sorry - Reprise
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What is Urinetown?
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Why Did I Listen to That Man?
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Act 1 Finale
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Don't Be the Bunny
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Follow Your Heart
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I see a River
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It's a Privilege to Pee
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Look at the Sky
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Mister Cladwell
CAST:
Cast Size: Medium (11-20 performers)
Cast Type: Trained Singers
Dance Requirements: Standard
Character Breakdown:
~Officer Lockstock~
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
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Gender: male
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Age: 35 to 55
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Vocal range top: A4
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Vocal range bottom: A2
~Penelope Pennywise~
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
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Gender: female
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Age: 30 to 45
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Vocal range top: C6
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Vocal range bottom: A3
~Bobby Strong~
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.
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Gender: male
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Age: 20 to 30
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Vocal range top: C5
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Vocal range bottom: A2
~Little Sally~
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.
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Gender: female
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Age: 20 to 40
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Vocal range top: E5
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Vocal range bottom: A3
~Dr. Billeaux~
Head of Research and Development at UGC. Optional Doubling as TINY TOM.
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Gender: male
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Age: 30 to 50
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Vocal range top: A3
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Vocal range bottom: E3
~Mr. Mcqueen~
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
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Gender: male
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Age: 30 to 45
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Vocal range top: E4
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Vocal range bottom: B2
~Senator Fipp~
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.
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Gender: male
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Age: 40 to 55
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Vocal range top: F4
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Vocal range bottom: C#3
~Officer Barrel~
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
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Gender: male
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Age: 30 to 50
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Vocal range top: F4
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Vocal range bottom: G2
~Hope Cladwell~
Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.
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Gender: female
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Age: 20 to 30
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Vocal range top: A5
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Vocal range bottom: A3
~Joseph "old Man" Strong~
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. Optional Doubling as HOT BLADES HARRY.
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Gender: male
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Age: 50 to 65
~Tiny Tom~
One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. Optional Doubling as DR. BILLEAUX.
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Gender: male
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Age: 30 to 50
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Vocal range top: A3
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Vocal range bottom: D3
~Soupy Sue~
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Optional Doubling as CALDWELL'S SECRETARY.
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Gender: female
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Age: 25 to 40
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Vocal range top: B4
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Vocal range bottom: Bb3
~Little Becky Two-shoes~
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Optional Doubling as MRS. MILLENIUM.
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Gender: female
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Age: 20 to 40
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Vocal range top: F5
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Vocal range bottom: Bb3
~Caldwell B. Cladwell~
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
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Gender: male
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Age: 50 to 65
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Vocal range top: G4
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Vocal range bottom: A2
~Josephine "ma" Strong~
Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Optional Doubling as OLD WOMAN.
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Gender: female
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Age: 55 to 65
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Vocal range top: D5
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Vocal range bottom: Bb3
~Hot Blades Harry~
One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. Optional Doubling as JOSEPH "OLD MAN" STRONG.
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Gender: male
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Age: 45 to 60
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Vocal range top: F4
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Vocal range bottom: A2
~Ensemble~
