URINETOWN PROGRAM

PRODUCTION CREDITS

URINETOWN THE MUSICAL
Book and Lyrics by GREG KOTIS
Music and Lyrics by MARK HOLLMANN
URINETOWN was produced on Broadway in September, 2001 by the Araca Group and Dodger Theatricals in association with TheaterDreams, Inc., and Lauren Mitchell.

CAST LIST

Officer Lockstock - Liam Nelson
Little Sally - Lilly Mecham
Bobby Strong - Seth Brinkerhoff
Hope Cladwell - Lexie LaFeber
Caldwell B. Cladwell - Chris Knowlden
Penelope Pennywise - Madison Rigby
Senator Fipp - Tanner Linford
Mr. McQueen - Tyler Call
Officer Barrel - Jordan Brown
Hot Blades Harry - Tobey Griffeth
Little Becky Two-Shoes - Ireland Pritchett
Soupy Sue - Hannah Elmer
Tiny Tom - Kyle Crezee
Joseph 'Old Man' Strong - Brady Evans
Josephine 'Old Ma' Strong - Paige Holliday
Robby The Stockfish - Sam Della-Piana
Billy Bay Bill - Kaleb Nelson
Cladwell's Secretary - Lindsey Wolthuis
Mrs. Millenium - Siatyl Fawcett
Dr. Billeaux - Ryker Knowlden

Police, UGC Executives, and Rebels
Aubrey Anderson
Aubrey Darrington
Caleb Turner
Coleman Crawford
Dawson Wangsgard
Devon Geppelt
Elizabeth Lund
Emilee White
George Martinson
Gwen Dahlin
Halle Hart
Jackie Hall
Jed Bullock
Kimberlee Monson
Lauren Henley
Matthew Mower
Mykenzie Preisler
Nathan Burnett
Nate Norman
Olivia Burt
Rachel Poll
Savanna Chertudi
Sydni Anderson
Tavita Fewell
Theron Peterson
Zac Nielsen
Zach Oveson

LIST OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS

Act One

Overture
Too Much Exposition – Lockstock and Company
Urinetown – Full Company
It's a Privilege to Pee – Pennywise and the Poor
It's a Privilege to Pee (Reprise) - Lockstock and the Poor
Mr. Cladwell – Cladwell, Hope, Mr. McQueen, and the Office Staff
Cop Song – Lockstock, Barrel, and Cops
Follow Your Heart – Hope and Bobby
Look at the Sky – Bobby and the Poor
Don't Be the Bunny – Cladwell and the Office Staff
Act One Finale – Bobby, Cladwell, Hope, and Company

Act Two

What is Urinetown? – Little Becky Two Shoes, Hot Blades Harry, Cladwell, Bobby, Little Sally, Lockstock, and the Poor
Snuff That Girl – Hot Blades Harry, Little Becky Two Shoes, and the Poor
Run, Freedom, Run! – Bobby and the Poor
Follow Your Heart (Reprise) – Hope
Why did I Listen to that Man? – Pennywise, Fipp, Lockstock, Barrel, Hope, and Bobby
Tell Her I Love Her – Little Sally, Bobby, Soupy Sue, Tiny Tom, and Josephine
We're Not Sorry – Little Sally, Hot Blades Harry, Josephine, Soupy Sue, and Company
I'm Not Sorry (Reprise) - Cladwell and Pennywise
I See a River – Hope, Little Becky Two Shoes, Josephine, and Company

PRODUCTION STAFF

DIRECTOR
MARK DANIELS

DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER
LINDSEY POLL

MUSIC DIRECTOR
LEIGH MARRIOTT

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / STUDENT TEACHER
ZION AUSTIN

STAGE MANAGER
TICHELLE BLAYLOCK

ASST. STAGE MANAGER
OWEN LARSEN

SOUND DESIGN
KAEL WARD / ALEX JACKSON

LIGHT DESIGN
JACOB REID / MADISON FORSBERG / ASHTON SMITH

SOUND / MUSIC TECH
DRAKE TURNER

SPOTLIGHT
LOGAN TUBBS / COLEMAN GODDARD

PROJECTIONS
AUDREY STATES

HOUSE MANAGER
SIMON SMITH

CONCESSIONS HEAD
JOSH TWITCHELL

WHS THEATRE INTERNSHIPS
TICHELLE BLAYLOCK, ASHTON SMITH, & KAEL WARD

POSTER PRINTING
ACE PRINTNG OF OGDEN

SHOW SHIRT PRINTING
MARCHANT DESIGN

PHOTOGRAPHER
CARTER AND SONS PHOTOGRAPHY

SCENIC ARTIST
LINDSEY WOLTHUIS

SCENIC ASSISTANTS
THE WHS STAGE CREW
CHRIS KNOWLDEN SR.
BLAKE GODDARD
KEVIN CREZEE
BEN DELLA-PIANA
CHAD FAWCETT
VERN HART
RICHY HOLLIDAY

WARDROBE SPECIALIST
CRYSTAL WALKER
AUBREY DARRINGTON

ASL SPECIALIST
CRYSTAL OLIVERSON

WHS ADMINISTRATION
PRINCIPAL
CHRIS EARNEST

ASST. PRINCIPAL
BRYCE BALLIF

ASST. PRINCIPAL
QUINCEY MOGOLICH

ASST. PRINCIPAL
RYAN WAITE

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

I grew up in a family that lived and breathed all things sports. Baseball was our main focus, but college football and the Jazz were equally important. I was in high school when musical theatre became a big part of my life, and to my family’s surprise, theirs as well. I tried to catch up with my lack of knowledge of all things musicals (I didn’t see Sound of Music until I was 18), so when my University decided to produce Urinetown it gave me an unexpected crash course on iconic musicals wrapped up in humor.

I didn’t have to be an expert to see the dialogue was quick-witted and poked fun of the typical musical, with young love and the downtrodden rising above the elite. Even with a narrator making fun of the show itself (yes, we know it’s a bad title) made it a musical I always wanted to get my hands on and choreograph. So, when Mark and I got the green light to produce the show, my goal was to help newbie theatre goers get a taste of what they’ve been missing and still give a nod to veteran theatre goers as well. I hope you get a kick out of the many styles of musical theatre weaved throughout the show. Music like, Les Miserables (Look at the Sky), Fiddler on the Roof (What is Urinetown?), Chicago (We’re not Sorry) and West Side Story (Snuff the Girl).

Lindsey Poll

WHAT'S IN A NAME

The idea for the Tony Award®-winning musical Urinetown came to writer Greg Kotis while traveling through Europe as a student on a tight budget. He tried to save money by eating in cheap restaurants and sleeping in train stations. When he discovered that many of the public restrooms in Europe were pay-per-use, he also avoided going to the bathroom as much as possible. That’s when the idea for a place like Urinetown began to form in his mind. “It would be a grand, ridiculous reflection of the world as we know it to be, complete with rich and poor, the powerful and the powerless, a government controlled by industry and an industry that exists apart from and above us all.” He wrote in the introduction of the published version of the show.

When he returned to the United States, Kotis approached his friend and collaborator Mark Hollman with his idea. Kotis and Hollman had both been active in Chicago’s improv-comedy theatre scene and had written five full-length plays and two musicals together. Much to Kotis’ surprise, Hollman loved the idea of Urinetown and began to write music right away. And so, the journey of this quirky and delightful musical was set on its course.

Once you get past the unsavory title, Urinetown, is a side-splittingly funny musical. In the preface to the published script, composer Mark Hollman describes his rule for the show: “a joke is funnier if you don’t smile while you’re telling it.” The musical’s satire begins with an absurd premise—all of the toilets in the city are controlled by one greedy corporation. As a satirical comedy, the show makes us laugh while also exploring very real social issues of corporate greed, the growing divide between the rich and the poor, and environmental conservation. Through humor and parody, Urinetown tackles some of the most pressing issues in contemporary society.

SPOILER ALERT

HAIL MALTHUS! At the end of Urinetown, Officer Lockstock and the company cry “Hail Malthus!” Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a British economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth will eventually outrun the food supply. He believed that as population grows faster than resources, poverty, famine, and disease are unavoidable. His theory and his argument for strict population control become known as Malthusianism. Many of his ideas were later proven to be false. However, the mention of his name in the musical reminds us that even predictions that seem ludicrous and dire can become reality if we are not carful.

WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE

In the musical Urinetown, the people of the city are suffering from a twenty-year drought that has caused a devastating water shortage. Here are some tips to save water and avoid a future like that in the show.

WAYS TO SAVE WATER INDOORS

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