Casting Call: 'Urinetown'

Playhouse 22 will hold auditions for the musical "Urinetown."

Auditions will take place at 7:30 p.m. on March 29 and 30. Please prepare 32 bars of a Broadway-style song (songs from the show are acceptable). You must bring sheet music for piano. No acapella. Please dress comfortably as all auditioners will be expected to participate in the dance audition. Juggling ability desired. Callbacks will be at 7:30 p.m. on April 2.

The show has a book by Greg Kotis, music by Mark Hollman, and lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis. It will be directed by Mark Kalet, musically directed by Chris Curcio, and choregoraphed by Jaime Moritz.

The director is looking for a multi-ethnic cast. Ages and genders listed below will not necessarily be followed when casting. Roles are:

Bobby.Strong 20-30 A2-C5	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.
Caldwell B. Cladwell 50-65 A2-G4	The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
Billeaux 30-50 E3-A3	Head of Research and Development at UGC. Optional Doubling as Tiny Tom.
Hope Cladwell 20-30 A3-A5	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.
Hot Blades Harry 45-60 A2-F4	One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. Optional Doubling as Joseph "Old Man" Strong. Swing dance ability desired.
Joseph "Old Man" Strong 50-65	Bobby’s rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. Optional Doubling as Hot Blades Harry.
Josephine "Ma" Strong 55-65 Bb3-D5	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.
Little Becky Two-Shoes 20-40 Bb3-F5	One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Optional doubling as Mrs. Millenium. Swing dance ability desired
Little Sally 20-40 A3-E5	A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play’s logic.
McQueen 30-45 B2-EF	Cladwell’s sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Officer Barrel 30-50 G2-F4	Lockstock’s patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman. Juggling ability desired.
Officer Lockstock 35-55 A2-A4	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. Juggling ability desired.
Penelope Pennywise 30-45 A3-C6	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.
Senator Fipp 40-55 C#3-F4	A greedy politician in Cladwell’s pocket. A bumbling coward.
Soupy Sue 25-40 Bb3-B4	One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Optional Doubling as Caldwell's Secretary.
Tiny Tom 30-50 D3-A3	One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. Optional Doubling as Dr. Billeaux.

It will run from June 12 to 28 at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays.

If you have any questions, you can email  urinetown@playhouse22.org or call (732) 254-3939.