[Capdist-auditions] AUDITIONS FOR URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL

[Elizabeth Maus]

The RPI Players announces auditions for:

*Urinetown: The Musical*
Directed by Matthew T. Teichner

Musical Direction by Frank Leavitt
Choreography by Trish Scott

Dates, times, and locations are as follows:
*Monday, February 1st, 7-10PM
* *Wednesday, February 3rd, 7-10PM*
Both nights of auditions will be held at the RPI Playhouse, on 15th Street
in Troy.
Sign-ups will begin approximately 30 minutes before the scheduled start time
(6:30 PM).

Callbacks:
*Saturday, February 6th, 2-5PM*
Callbacks will be held in the auditorium of Academy Hall, on the corner of
15th Street and College Avenue in Troy.

Auditions will include vocal audition, dance, and readings.  Those
interested in auditioning should prepare 16 bars of a song that showcases
their range.  Please bring a copy of the sheet music for the accompanist
(and a separate copy for yourself, if you plan to use it).  Unaccompanied
auditions will NOT be heard.

Readings will be in the form of monologues; there will be some to choose
from at auditions, but those auditioning may also bring their own.  No
memorization is required.

Show dates are April 23, 24, 29, 30, and May 1 at 8 PM, and April 25 at 2
PM.

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, URINETOWN
(music by Mark Hollman; lyrics by Mark Hollman & Greg Kotis; book by Greg
Kotis) is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a
time when water is worth its weight in gold. 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 he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, URINETOWN is an
irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised
for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, 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.

-- 
Elizabeth Maus
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
School of Architecture, Class of 2011
Delta Xi Cast of Alpha Psi Omega
Producer, "Urinetown"
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