Fountain Hills Theater announces auditions for URINETOWN on May 21 & 22

Fountain Hills Theater announces the auditions for the musical Urinetown.

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! 

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.

Urinetown is directed by Peter J. Hill, musically directed by Kathleen Berger and choreographed by Noel Irick.  Urinetown is presented through Special Arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

Music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Greg Kotis

 

Urinetown will play July 8 – 24, 2022.  

Auditions will be held Saturday, May 21 @ 10:00am and Sunday, May. 22 @ 6:00pm.  Callbacks (If required) Tuesday, May 24 @ 7:00pm. Auditioners are asked to sing 16- 32 bars of a song that best shows off their voice and range, this will be followed by a dance audition.  Early video auditions - which must be submitted prior to May 21 – may be submitted and can substitute for appearing at the Saturday or Sunday auditions.  The video should include a song showing off your voice and range.  However, if chosen from a video audition, candidates will be required to appear in person at the callbacks.  Video auditions should be sent to peter@fhtaz.org.  

Actors should consider roles if they feel they can represent the age ranges listed.  

FHT prefers that actors are fully vaccinated and will give weight to that consideration when casting between equally qualified performers.

Fountain Hills Theater

11445 N Saguaro Blvd., Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

                                            

Saturday, May. 21 @ 10:00am and Sunday, May. 22 @ 6pm

Callbacks (If required) Tuesday, May 24 @ 7:00pm.

Audition sign up 480-837-9661 X 3 or www.fhtaz.com/auditions

Casting for:  

Officer Lockstock (Baritone) - The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.

Gender: Male Age: 35 to 55 Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: A2

Penelope Pennywise (Mezzo Soprano) - 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: 25 to 60 Vocal range top: C6 Vocal range bottom: A3 BELTER

Bobby Strong (Tenor) - 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 top: C5 Vocal range bottom: A2

Little Sally (Mezzo Soprano) - A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.

Gender: Female Age: 12 to 40 Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: A3

Dr. Billeaux (Tenor) - Head of Research and Development at UGC. Possibly doubling as TINY TOM.

Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50 Vocal range top: A3 Vocal range bottom: E3

Mr. Mcqueen (Baritone) - Cladwell’s sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.

Gender: Male Age: 30 to 45 Vocal range top: -1 Vocal range bottom: B2

Senator Fipp (Tenor) - A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.

Gender: Male Age: 40 to 55 Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: C#3

Officer Barrel (Baritone) - Lockstock’s patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.

Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50 Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: G2

Hope Cladwell (Soprano) - 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: 18 to 30 Vocal range top: A5 Vocal range bottom: A3 LEGIT

Joseph "Old Man" Strong (Spoken) - Bobby’s rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. Possibly doubling as HOT BLADES HARRY.

Gender: Male Age: 50 to 65

Tiny Tom (Baritone) - One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. Possibly doubling as DR. BILLEAUX.

Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50 Vocal range top: A3 Vocal range bottom: D3

Soupy Sue (Mezzo Soprano) - One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Possibly doubling as CALDWELL'S SECRETARY.

Gender: Female Age: 18 to 40 Vocal range top: B4 Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Little Becky Two-shoes (Soprano) - One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Possibly doubling as MRS. MILLENIUM.

Gender: Female Age: 20 to 40 Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Caldwell B. Cladwell (Baritone) - 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 top: G4 Vocal range bottom: A2

Josephine "ma" Strong (Mezzo Soprano) - Bobby’s mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Possibly doubling as OLD WOMAN.

Gender: Female Age: 55 to 65 Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Hot Blades Harry (Baritone) - One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. Possibly doubling as JOSEPH "OLD MAN" STRONG.

Gender: Male Age: 45 to 60 Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: A2

Ensemble (all vocal ranges).  One of the most exciting ensemble shows in years, with roles for all ages 8 – 80.  Parents should be advised that the subject matter of the show is slightly adult, in that it’s about paying to pee, so kids should audition as parents see fit, but kids are welcome and encouraged to audition.