Audition Notice: Urinetown: The Musical, Dec. 5 & 7
Book: Greg Kotis
Music: Mark Hollmann
Lyrics: Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann
Director/Choreographer: Vincent S. Ratsavong
Music Director: Derrick Lacasse
Stage Manager: Samantha Eaton-Roberts
Synopsis: 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.
PRELIMINARY AUDITIONS
Monday, December 5, 2022
7pm-9pm *Preliminary Vocal Audition
9pm-10pm Dance Audition (All auditioning required to attend.)
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
7pm- 9pm *Preliminary Vocal Audition
9pm-10pm-Dance Audition (All auditioning required to attend.)
CALLBACKS
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
7pm-10pm Callbacks
WHERE: 888 South Main Street Mansfield, MA 02048
AUDITION CONTACT: Please make an appointment to attend one of the preliminary vocal auditions on Monday December 5th or Wednesday December 7th, you can do this by e-mailing UrinetownMAC@gmail.com Once your interest is received you will be provided with a scheduled vocal audition slot. Everyone is required to attend the dance audition which will follow your scheduled preliminary vocal audition. Callbacks will be held Wednesday, December 14th 2022.
If you cannot attend either the preliminary audition or callback but are interested in auditioning, please contact us at UrinetownMAC@gmail.com and we will make accommodations to see you!
Vocal Audition: Please Prepare 32 bars from a Contemporary Broadway Show or Song Cycle in the style of Urinetown: The Musical. Please provide your own sheet music that is clearly marked for the accompanist. No Acapella auditions will be heard.
Dance Audition: Please bring form fitting athletic/dance attire to change into for this portion of the audition. Character heels, jazz shoes and comfortable sneakers are permitted. Baggy and loose-fitting clothing is not recommended.
Callbacks: Please be prepared to cold read selections from the libretto. Those attending the callbacks will be asked to sing from Urinetown: The Musical Score.
Rehearsal Schedule: Please reach out to UrinetownMAC@gmail.com if you would like to review a full projected rehearsal schedule. Directors at MAC build their rehearsal schedules in consideration of their own and cast availability.
PERFORMANCE: The show will be held from April 13-23
Character Breakdown
*Open to casting all genders, ages and ethnicities. All are encouraged to audition!
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.
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 the play’s logic.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Little Becky Two-shoes
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Hot Blades Harry
One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Tiny Tom
One of the Poor, he is simple man-child.
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: D3
Soupy Sue
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked.
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Joseph “old Man” Strong
Bobby’s rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution.
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: D3
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.
Vocal range top: D5
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.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
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.
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: A3
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.
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: A3
Officer Lockstock
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, a corrupt law enforcement officer who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Officer Barrel
Lockstock’s patrol partner. An aggressive law enforcement officer who secretly loves Lockstock.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Mr. McQueen
Cladwell’s sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Senator Fipp
A greedy politician in Cladwell’s pocket. A bumbling coward.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
Dr. Billeaux
Head of Research and Development at UGC.
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: E3
Mrs. Millenium
Cladwell’s secretary. A servile assistant.
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
The Ensemble
Members of the Rebellion, Staff of the Urine Good Company, Officers and other Law Enforcement
