URINETOWN
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollman
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Synopsis:
A side-splitting send-up of greed, revolution (and musicals!) in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. 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, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective of one of America's greatest art forms
Audition dates:
July 18th and 19th, 2016
7:00pm at the Lake Worth Playhouse
713 Lake Ave, Lake Worth FL. 33460
No appointment needed
Please prepare a song either from the show or appropriate, showing range - preferably show-rock music. Please research the show so you will have a better understanding of the style. You may be asked to dance so dress accordingly.
Director: Clayton Philips
Clayton has directed LWP productions of Chicago, Music Man, Hairspray, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Cabaret, I Hate Hamlet and Inherit The Wind. He recently directed Curtains at the Wick Theatre and over 100 shows regionally and is the former assistant to Hal Prince.
Choreographer: Nikki Allred Boyd
This is Nikki's first production with Lake Worth Playhouse. She is a full time dance instructor at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has choreographed multiple high school productions, in addition to collaborating with Dave Arisco at Actors Playhouse on Ruthless.
Music Director: Dominic Raffa
Cast List:
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.
Age: 30 to 55
Vocal range top: A4
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.
Age: 30-50
Vocal range top: C6
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.
Age: 20-35
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A2
Little Sally
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and play's logic
Age: 18-40 depending on look.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Dr. Billeaux
Head of Research and Development at UGC.
Age: 30-50
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: E3
Mr. Mcqueen
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Age: 30-50
Vocal range top: -1
Vocal range bottom: B2
Senator Fipp
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.
Age: 40-55
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom C#3
Officer Barrel
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
Age: 25-50
Vocal range top: F4
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, naïve angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.
Age: 20-35
Vocal range top: A5
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.
Age: 40-65
Tiny Tom
One of the poor, he is an idiotic man-child.
Age 25-50
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: D3
Soupy Sue
One of the poor, she is excitable and easily panicked.
Age: 25-40
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Little Becky Two-shoes
One of the poor, she is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory.
Age 20-40
Vocal range top: F5
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.
Age: 40-65
Vocal range top: G4
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.
Age: 40-65
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Hot blades Harry
One of the poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon.
Age: 35-60
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Some actors may be asked to double characters.
If you have any questions please contact jodie@lakeworthplayhouse.org
Lake Worth Playhouse is a non-profit community theatre with a diverse array of offerings, including award-winning dramas, comedies, musicals, Black Box Theatre and area premieres, Broadway favorites, children's shows, ballets and operas on film, live concerts, improv comedy and alternative programming. In addition to its main stage theatrical fare, the Playhouse presents year-round independent and foreign films in the Stonzek Theatre, an intimate black-box style theatre equipped with a large viewing screen and high-definition projection. The Playhouse is proud to offer a variety of educational programs for adults and children, as well as community outreach initiatives that bring cultural programs into the neighborhoods of underserved youth and also make theatre available free of charge for disadvantaged citizens in the community.
