URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL - L/A Community Little Theater
Urinetown Audition Notice
Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical that premiered in 2001, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics. Guaranteed to make you pee with laughter! The musical then opened on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre, running from September 20, 2001 through January 18, 2004, totaling 25 previews and 965 performances. The show won Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction of a Musical, and it also won the Theater World Award, three Outer Critic’s Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, and two Obie Awards. Urinetown is an earnest tale of love, greed, and revolution.
The show is set in a town plagued by a 20-year drought, where water has become so scarce that the government has put a ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company: the Urine Good Company. The citizens must pay fees to carry out their most private need. If the poor don’t obey the strict laws prohibiting free urination, they’ll be sent to the dreaded and mysterious “Urinetown.” After too long under the heel of the malevolent Caldwell B. Cladwell, the poor stage a revolt, led by a brave young hero, fighting tooth and nail for the freedom to pee “wherever you like, whenever you like, for as long as you like, and with whomever you like.” Urinetown is a wickedly funny, fast-paced, and surprisingly intelligent comedic romp. Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective of one of America’s greatest art forms.
Auditions: Sunday January, 7th @ 6p and Monday January, 8th @ 7p and will be held upstairs on the second floor. Doors open at 5p on Sunday and 6p on Monday.
Auditions are open to ages 14 and older.
30 Academy St, Auburn, ME 04210
Director: Kay Warren
Music Director: Rebecca Caron
Choreographer: Jake Boyce
Assist Director: Nicole Chase
Producer: Brandon Chaloux
Vocal Auditions - Prepare two different audition pieces 16 - 20 bars. We will have music if you are singing from the show. If you would like to sing something from a different show please provide sheet music. No acapella auditions will be allowed.
Choreography Auditions - bring comfortable clothes to dance in. Bring dance shoes, sneakers, or character shoes, or jazz shoes. You will have an opportunity to change between vocal and Choreography auditions.
Please come prepared to read for the role you are auditioning and any other roles that the director would like to hear you read. Please familiarize yourself with the show and the relationship between the characters. For additional information or to get a list reading please contact the director, Kay Warren @
KayLyrics0529@gmail.com or Assistant Director Nicole Chase @
Lizbon77@gmail.com.
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.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 55
Vocal Range: Bass / Baritone
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.
Gender: Female
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal Range: Alto
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.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal Range: Tenor
Little Sally
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano
Dr. Billeaux
Head of Research and Development at UGC. A scientist for Urine Good Company. Typical “crazy” stereotypical scientist.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal Range: Bass or Baritone
Mr. Mcqueen
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal Range: Tenor
Senator Fipp
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.
Gender: Male
Age: 40 to 55
Vocal Range: Bass
Officer Barrel
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal Range: Bass
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.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal Range: Soprano
Joseph “Old Man” Strong
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution.
Gender: Male
Age: 50 to 65
Vocal Range: Tenor
Tiny Tom
One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal Range: Bass or Baritone
Soupy Sue
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 40
Vocal Range: Soprano
Little Becky Two-Shoes
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal Range: Soprano
Caldwell B. Cladwell
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
Gender: Male
Age: 50 to 65
Vocal Range: Bass Baritone
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.
Gender: Female
Age: 55 to 65
Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano
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.
Gender: Male
Age: 45 to 60
Vocal Range: Tenor
Robby The Stockfish
Somewhat of a goof. He is recently unemployed from a menial desk job.
Age: Open
Vocal Range: Baritone
Billy Boy Bill
A lazy free-loader who just wants the easy way out. A poor rebel who frequents Public Amenity Number # 9.
Age: Open
Vocal Range: Tenor
Mrs. Millennium
One of Cladwell’s lesser lackeys. Office worker who aspires to be Cladwell’s Head Secretary.
Age: Open
Vocal Range: Soprano
Ensemble
Rebels, UGC employees, Cops
Multiple male and female roles and vocal ranges
