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Urinetown...
Past Production - May / June 2006
Book by Greg Kotis
Music by Mark Hollmann
Lyrics by Mark Hollmann, Greg Kotis
Sponsored by: The Water Closet,
Brown Plumbing and Heating
Directed by Mace Archer
Musical Direction by Carolyn Peters
Choreography by Lysa Fox
The Tony Award-Winning satirical musical comedy that pans
capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate
mismanagement, and petty small town politics. It also is a satire of the
Broadway musical as a form.
Director's Notes: Urinetown: The
Musical premiered at The Fringe in 1999 and from there it began its steady
assent to Tony-Award winner in 2002. Urinetown is that rare commodity
in a Broadway musical; it is fully original. Its plot doesn't come from a film,
movie, book, or previously produced piece of theatre, and it contains all new
songs. On a Great White Way that is full of revivals and stage versions of
popular movies and Disney cartoons, "Hail, Malthus*" for a new voice for the
musical stage.
And although Urinetown is an original show, it
sometimes seems lifted, since it parodies so many famous Broadway musicals.
Watch for the following references in this clever collection of spoofs:
Three Penny Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Gilbert and
Sullivan, Cats, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Busby Berkley movie
musicals, Sweeny Todd.
* Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834): Malthus posited
the hypothesis that unchecked population growth always exceeds the growth of the
means of subsistence. Because of this tendency, any attempt to ameliorate the
condition of the lower classes by increasing their incomes or improving
agricultural productivity would be fruitless, as the extra means of subsistence
would be completely absorbed by an induced boost in population.
Press and Photos:
See photos and read Jaci Webb's May 19 article in the
Billings Gazette's Enjoy
here.
Cast:
Officer
Lockstock:
Zak Kreiter
Little Sally:
Lysa Fox
Bobbi Strong:
Mace Archer
Pennywise:
Tonya Kalfell
Cladwell:
Gerry Roe
Hope:
Tina Scariano
Officer Barrell:
Dina Atwood
Mr. McQueen:
Spencer Vancleeve
Mrs. Millennium:
Justine Summers
Hot Blades Harry:
Marc Peters
Little Becky Two Shoes:
Sarah Sanders
Old Man Strong:
Rob Smith
Josephine Strong:
Jamie Perros
Senator Fipp:
Nan Edmonds
Soupy Sue:
Erin Claxton
Tiny Tom:
Danielle Dodge
Robby the Stockfish:
Carol Engel
Ricky the Lummox:
Quentin Higbee
Cops:
Danielle Dodge, Marc Peters, Rob Smith, Spencer Vancleeve
Production & Design:
Director: Mace Archer
Assistant Director: Seth Nehring
Stage Manager: Dawn Carter
Choreographer: Lysa Fox
Musical Director: Carolyn
Peters
Set
Design: Tina Franzen
Lighting Design: Tim Gross
Costume Supervisor: Anne Middleton
Light Board Operator: Adam Roebling
Set Construction: Scott Clark, Phyllis Carter,
Danielle Dodge, Brian Dillon, Alison Dillon, Scott, Dina, and Lisa Atwood,
Elliot Peterson, Nan Edmonds, Nick Capetanakis, Eva Urlacher, Gerry Roe, Dawn
Carter, Blaine Jensen, Sarah Butts
Special Thanks: Scott Atwood, Nick Capetanakis,
Dennis Fitzgerald, KULR, KTVQ, Community 7 Television, Dorothy Morstein
Band:
Piano: Carolyn Peters
Percussion: Mark McGiboney
Reeds: Dan Charney
Trombone: Aaron Schendel
Show Dates & Times:
May 19, 2006 - 8:00 (Friday)
May 20, 2006 - 8:00 (Saturday)
May 26, 2006 - 8:00 (Friday)
May 27, 2006 - 8:00 (Saturday)
May 28, 2006 - 2:00 (Sunday)
June 2, 2006 - 8:00 (Friday)
June 3, 2006 - 8:00 (Saturday)
Show Location:
Venture's Roebling Theatre: 2317 Montana Ave., Billings, MT |
